Mastigodryas heathii
| Mastigodryas heathii | |
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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: | Mastigodryas |
| Species: | M. heathii
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| Binomial name | |
| Mastigodryas heathii (Cope, 1875)
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| Synonyms[2] | |
Mastigodryas heathii, also known commonly as Heath's tropical racer, is a species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to northwestern South America.
Etymology[edit]
The specific name, heathii, is in honor of American physician Edwin Ruthven Heath (1839–1932), who collected herpetological specimens in South America.[3]
Geographic range[edit]
M. heathii is found in Ecuador and Peru[2]
Habitat[edit]
The preferred natural habitats of M. heathii are desert and forest, at altitudes from sea level to 2,620 m (8,600 ft), and it is also found in cultivated areas.[1]
Diet[edit]
M. heathii preys upon frogs, lizards, and rodents.[2]
Reproduction[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Venegas, P.; Cisneros-Heredia, D.F.; Lehr, E.; Yánez-Muñoz, M. (2016). "Mastigodryas heathii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T176860A50867108. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T176860A50867108.en. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ a b c d Mastigodryas heathii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Mastigodryas heathii, p. 118).
Further reading[edit]
- Cope ED (1875). "Report on the Reptiles brought by Professor James Orton from the middle and upper Amazon, and western Peru". Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Second Series 8: 159–183. (Drymobius heathii, new species, pp. 179–180).
- Lehr E, Köhler G, Streit B (2002). "Die Herpetofauna von Mittelperu entlang eines Transektes von der pazifischen Küste bis in die Hochanden (Amphibia et Reptilia) [= The herpetofauna of central Peru along a transect from the Pacific coast to the high Andes (Amphibia and Reptilia)]". Faunistische Abhandlungen, Staatlichen Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden 22 (2): 361–392. (Mastigodryas heathii, new combination). (in German).
- Schmidt KP, Walker WF (1943). "Snakes of the Peruvian Coastal Region". Zoological Series of the Field Museum of Natural History 24 (27): 297–324. (Dryadophis boddaertii heathii, new combination).
- Stuart LC (1939). "A New Name for the Genus Eudryas Fitzinger 1843". Copeia 1939 (1): 55. (Dryadophis heathii, new combination).
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