Urotheca dumerilli

Urotheca dumerilli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Urotheca
Species:
U. dumerilli
Binomial name
Urotheca dumerilli
(Bibron, 1840)
Synonyms
  • Calamaria dumerilli
    Bibron, 1840
  • Urotheca dumerilli
    — Garman, 1887
  • Rhadinaea dumerilli
    — Maglio, 1970
  • Urotheca dumerilli
    — Savage & Crother, 1989

Urotheca dumerilli, also known commonly described as Duméril's graceful brown snake, is a species of snake in the family of Colubridae. The species is endemic to Colombia.

Etymology

The specific name, dumerilli, is in honor of French herpetologist André Marie Constant Duméril.

Geographic range

U. dumerilli is found in western Colombia, in the departments of Antioquia, Cauca, and Chocó.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of U. dumerilli is forests.

Behavior

U. dumerilli is terrestrial.

Diet

U. dumerilli preys upon salamanders, small frogs, and small lizards.

Reproduction

U. dumerilli is oviparous.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Rivas, G.; Caicedo, J.; Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, P. (2015). "Urotheca dumerilli ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015 e.T177509A44951229. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Species Urotheca dumerilli at The Reptile Database
  3. ↑ 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. (Urotheca dumerilli, p. 77).

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