Dendrophidion graciliverpa
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Taxonavigation: Colubroidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Dendrophidion
Species: Dendrophidion graciliverpa
Name edit
- Dendrophidion graciliverpa Cadle, 2012
- Holotype: AMNH R-110584.
- Type locality: 3 km E Pasaje, 30 m elevation, El Oro province, Ecuador [03°20’S, 79°49’W]; Ecuador.
- Etymology: Name derived from the Latin words gracilis (slender or gracile) + verpa (penis). The name refers to the long, slender hemipenis of this species in comparison specifically to Dendrophidion percarinatum, with which it has been confused, but also more generally to hemipenes of most other species of Dendrophidion.
Mentions edit
- Drymobius dendrophis — Boulenger, 1894: 16 (part)
- Dendrophidion percarinatum — Dunn, 1944: 477 (part)
- Dendrophidion graciliverpa Cadle, 2012
References edit
- Cadle, John E. 2012: Systematics of the Neotropical Snake Dendrophidion percarinatum (Serpentes: Colubridae), With Descriptions of Two New Species from Western Colombia and Ecuador and Supplementary Data on D. brunneum. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 160(6): 259–344.PDF.