Английская Википедия:Hensel's snake
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Speciesbox Hensel's snake (Ditaxodon taeniatus) is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae.[1] The species is endemic to southern Brazil,[1] and it is monotypic in the genus Ditaxodon.
Geographic range
D. taeniatus is found in the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, and São Paulo.[2][1]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of D. taeniatus are forest and grassland, at altitudes of Шаблон:Cvt.[2]
Description
The neotype of D. taeniatus has a total length of Шаблон:Cvt, which includes a tail length of Шаблон:Cvt.[1] The maximum recorded total lengths are Шаблон:Cvt for a female, and Шаблон:Cvt for a male.[2]
Diet
D. taeniatus preys upon lizards and birds.[2]
Reproduction
D. taeniatus is oviparous.[1] Clutch size is around ten eggs.[2]
References
Further reading
- Bernils RS, Kucharzewski C, Moura-Leite JC, Kwet A (2008). "Rediscovery of the holotype of Ditaxodon taeniatus (Peters in Hensel, 1868) (Serpentes: Colubridae), and invalidation of the neotype designation". Zootaxa 1764: 66–68.
- Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I–XXV. (Conophis taeniatus, new combination, p. 124).
- Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. Шаблон:ISBN. (Ditaxodon taeniatus, p. 94).
- Hoge AR (1958). "Die systematische Stellung von Xenodon punctatus Peters 1880 und Philodryas taeniatus Hensel 1868 [= The systematic position of Xenodon punctatus Peters, 1880, and Philodryas taeniatus Hensel, 1868]". Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin 34 (1): 49–56. (Ditaxodon, new genus, and Ditaxodon taeniatus, new combination, pp. 54–55). (in German).
- Peters W (1868). In: Hensel R (1868). "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Wirbelthiere Südbrasiliens [= Contributions to the knowledge of the vertebrates of southern Brazil ]". Archiv für Naturgeschichte 34 (1): 323–375. (Philodryas taeniatus, new species, pp. 331–332). (in German).
- Английская Википедия
- Dipsadinae
- Monotypic snake genera
- Snakes of South America
- Reptiles of Brazil
- Endemic reptiles of Brazil
- Reptiles described in 1868
- Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters
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