| Dipsas pratti | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Dipsas |
| Species: | D. pratti |
| Binomial name | |
| Dipsas pratti (Boulenger, 1897) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Dipsas pratti, known commonly as Pratt's snail-eater, is a species of arboreal snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to northern South America.
Etymology
The specific name, pratti, is in honor of British naturalist Antwerp Edgar Pratt.[3]
Geographic range
Biology
Very few examples of D. pratti have been studied, and the first photograph of a live example of this species was not published until 2012.[4]
References
- ↑ Ines Hladki, A., Ramírez Pinilla, M., Renjifo, J., Urbina, N., Schargel, W. & Rivas, G. (2016) Dipsas pratti. In: IUCN 2016. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022.2.
- 1 2 Dipsas pratti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 June 2015.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins; Michael Grayson (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Dipsas pratti, p. 211).
- ↑ Barros, Tito R.; Robert C. Jadin; José Rances Caicedo-Portilla; Gilson A. Rivas (2012). "Discovery of a rare snail-eater snake in Venezuela (Dipsadinae, Dipsas pratti ), with additions to its natural history and morphology". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 88 (1): 125–134. doi:10.1002/zoos.201200011.
Further reading
- Boulenger, G.A. (1897). "Description of a new Snake from the Andes of Colombia". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Sixth Series 20: 523. (Leptognathus pratti, new species).
- Peters, James A. (1960). "The snakes of the subfamily Dipsadinae". Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool., Univ. Michigan (114): 1-224 + Plates I-VIII. (Dipsas pratti, new combination, pp. 112–115).
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