Thamnodynastes duida

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Dipsadidae
Subfamilia: Xenodontinae
Genus: Thamnodynastes
Species: Thamnodynastes duida

Name

Thamnodynastes duida Myers & Donnelly, 1996: 46

• Holotype: AMNH 36608 (field no. Tate63), adult ♂, collected by personnel of The Sidney F. Tyler, Jr. Duida Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History on 27 January 1929.
• Type locality: “the south end of the summit of Cerro Duida, valley between peaks 7 and 16, about 6610 ft (2015 m) elevation, Amazonas, Venezuela. The approximate coordinates are 3°20'N, 65°35'W”.

References

Primary references

• Myers, C.W. & Donnelly, M.A. 1996. A New Herpetofauna from Cerro Yaví, Venezuela: First results of the Robert G. Goelet American-Terramar Expedition to the Northwestern Tepuis. American Museum Novitates 3172: 1–56. hdl: 2246/3631 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Thamnodynastes duida. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 10 August 2020.
• Rivas, G. & Schargel, W. 2015. IUCN: Thamnodynastes duida  (Least Concern) (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T49845716A115401941. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T49845716A49845718.en

Vernacular names

English: Cerro Duida House Snake