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Amaral's ground snake
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Caaeteboia
Species: C. amarali
Binomial name
Caaeteboia amarali
(Wettstein, 1930)
Synonyms
  • Liophis amarali
    Wettstein, 1930
  • Caaeteboia amarali
    — Zaher et al., 2009

Amaral's ground snake (Caaeteboia amarali) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Brazil.

Etymology

The specific name, amarali, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Afrânio Pompílio Gastos do Amaral.

Geographic range

C. amarali is found in eastern Brazil, in the Brazilian states of Bahia, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, and Santa Catarina.

Description

C. amarali is a small-sized, aglyphous, slender snake with a moderately long tail.

Behavior

C. amarali is diurnal, partly arboreal, and exhibits dorsal flattening and cloacal evacuation as defensive behaviors (Marques et al. 2001).

Diet

The diet of C. amarali consists of frogs and lizards.

Reproduction

C. amarali is oviparous.

References

  1. Silveira, A.L.; Prudente, A.L. da C.; Argôlo , A.J.S.; Abrahão, C.R.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Barbo, F.E.; Costa, G.C.; Pontes, G.M.F.; Colli, G.R.; Zaher, H. el D.; Borges-Martins, M.; Martins, M.R.C.; Oliveira , M.E.; Passos, P.G.H.; Bérnils, R.S.; Sawaya, R.J.; Cechin, C.T.Z.; Guedes da Costa, T.B. (2021). "Caaeteboia amarali". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T190545A96476675. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T190545A96476675.pt.
  2. ^ Caaeteboia amarali at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 December 2016.
  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 amarali, p. 7).
  4. ^ Passos, Paulo; Ramos, Luciana; Pereira, Donizete Neves (2012). "Distribution, natural history, and morphology of the rare snake, Caaeteboia amarali (Serpentes: Dipsadidae)". Salamandra. 48: 51–57 – via Researchgate.

Further reading

  • Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Liophis amarali, p. 102).
  • Marques OAV, Eterovic A, Sazima I (2001). Serpentes da Mata Atlântica: Guia Ilustrado para a Serra do Mar. Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil: Holos Editora. 184 pp. (in Portuguese).
  • Wettstein O (1930). "Eine neue colubridae Schlange aus Brasilien ". Zoologischer Anzeiger 88: 93–94. (Liophis amarali, new species). (in German).
  • Zaher H, Grazzziotin FG, Cadle JE, Murphy RW, Moura-Leite JC, Bonatto SL (2009). "Molecular phylogeny of advanced snakes (Serpentes, Caenophidia) with an emphasis on South American Xenodontines: a revised classification and descriptions of new taxa". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo 49 (11): 115–153. (Caaeteboia amarali, new combination, p. 144). (in English, with an abstract in Portuguese).
Taxon identifiers
Caaeteboia amarali
Liophis amarali
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