Species of snake
Thamnodynastes pallidus
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Chordata
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Class:
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Reptilia
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Order:
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Squamata
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Suborder:
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Serpentes
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Family:
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Colubridae
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Genus:
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Thamnodynastes
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Species:
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T. pallidus
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Binomial name
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Thamnodynastes pallidus
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Synonyms[2]
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- Coluber pallidus
Linnaeus, 1758
- Coluber strigilis
Thunberg, 1787
- Natrix punctatissima
Wagler, 1824
- Coluber nattereri
Mikan, 1828
- Thamnodynastes punctatissimus
— Wagler, 1830
- Dipsas punctatissima
— Schlegel, 1837
- Sibon puctatissimus
— Berthold, 1840
- Thamnodynastes pallidus
— Andersson, 1899
- Dryophylax pallidus
— Amaral, 1930
- Thamnodynastes pallidus
— J. Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970
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Thamnodynastes pallidus, the Amazon coastal house snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to South America.
Geographic range
T. pallidus is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.[2]
References
Further reading
- Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. (Thamnodynastes pallidus, p. 112).
- Linnaeus C (1758). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. Stockholm: L. Salvius. 824 pp. (Coluber pallidus, new species, p. 221). (in Latin).
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