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Species of snake

Urotheca guentheri
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: Urotheca
Species: U. guentheri
Binomial name
Urotheca guentheri
(Dunn, 1938)
Synonyms

Urotheca guentheri, also known commonly as Günther's graceful brown snake and the striped glasstail, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to Central America.

Etymology

The specific name, guentheri, is in honor of German-born British herpetologist Albert Günther.

Geographic range

U. guentheri is found in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of U. guentheri is forest, at altitudes of 70–1,800 m (230–5,910 ft).

Description

Dorsally, U. guentheri is dark brown with white lines. Ventrally, it is reddish orange. It may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 19 in (48 cm).

Diet

U. guentheri preys predominately on frogs.

Reproduction

U. guentheri is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Solórzano, A.; Porras, L.W.; Chaves, G. (2013). "Urotheca guentheri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T177512A1490721. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Species Urotheca guentheri 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 guentheri, p. 111).
  4. Günther ACLG (1895).

Further reading

  • Dunn ER (1938). "A New Rhadinaea from Central America". Copeia 1938 (4): 197–198. (Rhadinaea güntheri, replacement name for Tachymenis decipiens, p. 198).
  • Günther ACLG (1895). Biologia Centrali-Americana. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Godman & Salvin. (Taylor and Francis, printers). 326 pp. + Plates 1–76. (Tachymenis decipiens, new species, p. 163 + Plate 53, figure a, two views).
  • Peters JA, Orejas-Miranda B (1970). "Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata. Part 1. Snakes". Bulletin of the United States National Museum (297): 1–347. (Rhadinaea guentheri, p. 265).
  • Savage JM (2002). The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Herpetofauna between Two Continents, between Two Seas. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press. xx + 945 pp. ISBN 0-226-73537-0. (Urotheca guentheri, p. 645).


Taxon identifiers
Urotheca guentheri
Rhadinaea guentheri


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