Dipsas pakaraima

Dipsas pakaraima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Dipsas
Species:
D. pakaraima
Binomial name
Dipsas pakaraima

Dipsas pakaraima is an arboreal snake of the family Dipsadidae.[3] It has been placed in the Dipsas temporalis group.[4] It is native to medium and higher elevations in west-central Guyana.[2] It has been collected in Kaieteur National Park and Mount Ayanganna.[5] Its food probably consists of snails and slugs.

References

  1. ^ Ouboter, P. & Hoogmoed, M. (2017) Dipsas pakaraima. In: IUCN 2016. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022.2.
  2. ^ a b MacCulloch, R.D. and A. Lathrop (2004). "A new species of Dipsas (Squamata: Colubridae) from Guyana". Revista de Biología Tropical. 52 (1): 239–247. doi:10.15517/rbt.v52i1.14916. PMID 17357422.
  3. ^ Dipsas pakaraima at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 November 2014.
  4. ^ Harvey, M.B. (2009). "New and poorly known Dipsas (Serpentes: Colubridae) from northern South America". Herpetologica. 64 (4): 422–451. doi:10.1655/07-068r1.1. S2CID 86586504.
  5. ^ MacCulloch, R.D. and A. Lathrop (2009). "Herpetofauna of Mount Ayanganna, Guyana. Results of the Royal Ontario Museum Ayanganna Expedition 2000". Royal Ontario Museum Science Contributions. 4. Royal Ontario Museum: 1–36.