Hensel's snake
| Hensel's snake | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Ditaxodon Hoge, 1958 |
| Species: | D. taeniatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Ditaxodon taeniatus (W. Peters, 1868)
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| Synonyms[2] | |
Hensel's snake (Ditaxodon taeniatus) is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae.[2] The species is endemic to southern Brazil,[2] and it is monotypic in the genus Ditaxodon.
Geographic range[edit]
D. taeniatus is found in the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, and São Paulo.[1][2]
Habitat[edit]
The preferred natural habitats of D. taeniatus are forest and grassland, at altitudes of 800–1,800 m (2,600–5,900 ft).[1]
Description[edit]
The neotype of D. taeniatus has a total length of 54.3 cm (21.4 in), which includes a tail length of 12.2 cm (4.8 in).[2] The maximum recorded total lengths are 86.4 cm (34.0 in) for a female, and 70.7 cm (27.8 in) for a male.[1]
Diet[edit]
D. taeniatus preys upon lizards and birds.[1]
Reproduction[edit]
D. taeniatus is oviparous.[2] Clutch size is around ten eggs.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f Silveira AL, Prudente AL da C, Argôlo AJS, Abrahão CR, Nogueira C de C, Barbo FE, Costa GC, Pontes GMF, Colli GR, Zaher H el D, Borges-Martins M, Martins MRC, Oliveira ME, Passos PGH, Bérnils RS, Sawaya RJ, Cechin CTZ, Guedes da Costa TB (2021). Ditaxodon taeniatus. In: IUCN 2020. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022.2.
- ^ a b c d e f Ditaxodon taeniatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 December 2016.
Further reading[edit]
- 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. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (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).
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