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*[[species:Cristiano de Campos Nogueira|Nogueira CC]] et al. (32 authors) (2019). "Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna". ''South American Journal of Herpetology'' '''14''' (Special Issue 1): 1–274. |
*[[species:Cristiano de Campos Nogueira|Nogueira CC]] et al. (32 authors) (2019). "Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna". ''South American Journal of Herpetology'' '''14''' (Special Issue 1): 1–274. |
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*[[James A. Peters|Peters JA]], [[Roberto Donoso-Barros|Donoso-Barros R]] (1970). "Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata: Part II. Lizards and Amphisbaenians". ''Bulletin of the United States National Museum'' '''297''': v–viii, 1–293. (''Lioheterophis iheringi'', p. 174). (in English, with an introduction in English and Spanish). |
*[[James A. Peters|Peters JA]], [[Roberto Donoso-Barros|Donoso-Barros R]] (1970). "Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata: Part II. Lizards and Amphisbaenians". ''Bulletin of the United States National Museum'' '''297''': v–viii, 1–293. (''Lioheterophis iheringi'', p. 174). (in English, with an introduction in English and Spanish). |
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*[[species:Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues|Rodrigues MT]] (2003). "''Herpetofauna da Caatinga'' ". pp. 181–236. '''''In'':''' [[species:Inara Roberta Leal|Leal IR]], [[species:Marcelo Tabarelli|Tabarelli M]], [[species:José Maria Cardoso da Silva|Silva JMC]] (editors) (2003). ''Ecologia e conservação da Caatinga''. Recife, Brazil: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. xvii + 806 pp. (''Lioheterophis iheringi'', p. 222). (in Portuguese). |
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*[[Van Wallach|Wallach V]], [[Kenneth L. Williams|Williams KL]], [[species:Jeff Boundy|Boundy J]] (2014). ''Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species''. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. xxviii + 1,209 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4822-0847-4}}. (''Lioheterophis iheringi'', p. 385). |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Lioheterophis Amaral, 1935 |
| Species: | L. iheringi
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| Lioheterophis iheringi Amaral, 1935
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Ihering's snake (Lioheterophis iheringi) is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Brazil. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Lioheterophis.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, iheringi, is in honor of German-Brazilian zoologist Rudolpho Teodoro Gaspar Wilhelm von Ihering.[3]
Geographic range
[edit]L. iheringi is found in northeastern Brazil, in the Brazilian state of Paraíba.[1][2]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of L. iheringi is shrubland.[1]
Description
[edit]L. iheringi is a small species of snake. The holotype, a female, has a total length of 36 cm (14 in), which includes a tail length of 6.5 cm (2.6 in). It has smooth dorsal scales without apical pits. There are 21 dorsal scale rows at midbody, the number of rows decreasing posteriorly. It has 151 ventrals, a divided anal plate, and 50 pairs of subcaudals.[4]
Behavior
[edit]L. iheringi is terrestrial.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d 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; da Costa, T.B.G. (2020). "Lioheterophis iheringi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T15179191A123740293. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T15179191A123740293.en. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ a b c Lioheterophis iheringi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 December 2016.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lioheterophis iheringi, p. 129).
- ^ Amaral A (1935).
Further reading
[edit]- Amaral A (1935). "Colecta herpetologica no nordeste do Brasil ". Memorias do Instituto Butantan 8: 185–194. (Lioheterophis, new genus, and L. iheringi, new species, p. 87). (in Portuguese).
- Nogueira CC et al. (32 authors) (2019). "Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna". South American Journal of Herpetology 14 (Special Issue 1): 1–274.
- Peters JA, Donoso-Barros R (1970). "Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata: Part II. Lizards and Amphisbaenians". Bulletin of the United States National Museum 297: v–viii, 1–293. (Lioheterophis iheringi, p. 174). (in English, with an introduction in English and Spanish).
- Rodrigues MT (2003). "Herpetofauna da Caatinga ". pp. 181–236. In: Leal IR, Tabarelli M, Silva JMC (editors) (2003). Ecologia e conservação da Caatinga. Recife, Brazil: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. xvii + 806 pp. (Lioheterophis iheringi, p. 222). (in Portuguese).
- Wallach V, Williams KL, Boundy J (2014). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. xxviii + 1,209 pp. ISBN 978-1-4822-0847-4. (Lioheterophis iheringi, p. 385).
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