Dryophylax almae
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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: | Dryophylax |
| Species: | D. almae
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Dryophylax almae is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Brazil.[2][3]
Etymology[edit]
The specific name, almae, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Sylvia Alma Renata Lemos Romano-Hoge.[4]
Geographic range[edit]
D. almae is found in the Brazilian states of Alagoas, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, and Rio Grande do Norte.[2]
Habitat[edit]
The preferred natural habitat of D. almae is shrubland.[1]
Description[edit]
Pale in coloration for its genus, D almae has keeled dorsal scales, which are arranged in 19 rows at midbody and in 15 rows posteriorly.[5]
Reproduction[edit]
D. almae is viviparous.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Silveira, A.L.; Prudente, A.L. da C.; Argôlo , A.J.S.; Abrahão, C.R.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Barbo, F.E.; Costa, G.C.; Pontes, G.M.F.; Colli, G.R.; Zaher, H. el D.; Borges-Martins, M.; Martins, M.R.C.; Oliveira , M.E.; Passos, P.G.H.; Bérnils, R.S.; Sawaya, R.J.; Cechin, C.T.Z.; Guedes da Costa, T.B. (2019). "Thamnodynastes almae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T15183082A123741026. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T15183082A123741026.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c "Dryophylax almae ". Reptile Database. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ^ Franco, Francisco L. (15 August 2017). "A new species of Thamnodynastes from the open areas of central and northeastern Brazil (Serpentes: Dipsadidae: Tachymenini)". Salamandra. 53 (3): 339–350.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Thamnodynastes almae, p. 6).
- ^ Franco & Ferreira (2003).
Further reading[edit]
- Barbosa DBS, Lima MSCS, Guedes TB (2020). "First record of Thamnodynastes almae Franco & Ferreira, 2002 (Serpentes, Dipsadidae, Xenodontinae) in the state of Piauí, northeastern Brazil, and updated distribution map". Check List 16 (5): 1323–1328.
- Franco FL, Ferreira TG (2003). "Descrição de uma nova espécie de Thamnodynastes Wagler, 1830 (Serpentes, Colubridae) do nordeste brasileiro, com comentários sobre o gênero". Phyllomedusa 1 (2): 57–74. (Thamnodynastes almae, new species). (in Portuguese, with an abstract in English).
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