Urotheca guentheri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Urotheca
Species:
U. guentheri
Binomial name
Urotheca guentheri
(Dunn, 1938)
Synonyms[2]

Urotheca guentheri, also known commonly as Günther's graceful brown snake and the striped glasstail, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to Central America.

Etymology

The specific name, guentheri, is in honor of German-born British herpetologist Albert Günther.[3]

Geographic range

U. guentheri is found in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of U. guentheri is forest, at altitudes of 70–1,800 m (230–5,910 ft).[1]

Description

Dorsally, U. guentheri is dark brown with white lines. Ventrally, it is reddish orange.[2] It may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 19 in (48 cm).[4]

Diet

U. guentheri preys predominately on frogs.[1]

Reproduction

U. guentheri is oviparous.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Solórzano, A.; Porras, L.W.; Chaves, G. (2013). "Urotheca guentheri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T177512A1490721. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Species Urotheca guentheri at The Reptile Database
  3. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Urotheca guentheri, p. 111).
  4. ↑ Günther ACLG (1895).

Further reading

  • Dunn ER (1938). "A New Rhadinaea from Central America". Copeia 1938 (4): 197–198. (Rhadinaea güntheri, replacement name for Tachymenis decipiens, p. 198).
  • Günther ACLG (1895). Biologia Centrali-Americana. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Godman & Salvin. (Taylor and Francis, printers). 326 pp. + Plates 1–76. (Tachymenis decipiens, new species, p. 163 + Plate 53, figure a, two views).
  • Peters JA, Orejas-Miranda B (1970). "Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata. Part 1. Snakes". Bulletin of the United States National Museum (297): 1–347. (Rhadinaea guentheri, p. 265).
  • Savage JM (2002). The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Herpetofauna between Two Continents, between Two Seas. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press. xx + 945 pp. ISBN 0-226-73537-0. (Urotheca guentheri, p. 645).



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