Baliodryas

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Baliodryas steinbachi
Baliodryas steinbachi.jpg
Eating a fleshbelly frog

Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Baliodryas
& , 2019
Species:
B. steinbachi
Binomial name
Baliodryas steinbachi
(Boulenger, 1905)
Synonyms[2]
  • Rhadinæa Steinbachi Boulenger, 1905
  • Aporophis melanocephalus , 1915
  • Liophis steinbachi Amaral, 1929
  • Erythrolamprus steinbachi — et al., 2012
  • Rhadinaea steinbachi Wallach et al., 2014
  • Eutrachelophis steinbachi & , 2014
  • Baliodryas steinbachi Zaher & Prudente

Baliodryas is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Baliodryas steinbachi. It is endemic to South America.

Etymology[]

The specific name, steinbachi is in honor of Dr. Jose Steinbach (1856–1929), who collected biological specimens in South America.[3]

Distribution and habitat[]

B. steinbachi is found in Bolivia and Brazil.[2] The preferred natural habitat is forest at an altitude of 250 m (820 ft).[1]

Biology[]

B. steinbachi is oviparous.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b , , , , (2016). "Eutrachelophis steinbachi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T50951630A50951646. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T50951630A50951646.en. Downloaded on 08 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Baliodryas steinbachi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 May 2020.
  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. (Liophis steinbachi, p. 252).

Further reading[]

  • Boulenger GA (1905). "Descriptions of new Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Seventh Series 15: 453–456. ("Rhadinæa Steinbachi ", new species, pp. 454–455).
  • , (2019). "The enigmatic Amazonian genus Eutrachelophis: morphological evidence and description of new taxa (Serpentes: Dipsadidae: Xenodontini)". Amphibia-Reptilia 41 (2): 215–231. (Baliodryas, new genus; B. steinbachi, new combination).


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