Ihering's snake
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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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| Binomial name | |
| 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
The specific name, iheringi, is in honor of German-Brazilian zoologist Rudolpho Teodoro Gaspar Wilhelm von Ihering.[3]
Geographic range
L. iheringi is found in northeastern Brazil, in the Brazilian state of Paraíba.[1][2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of L. iheringi is shrubland.[1]
Description
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
L. iheringi is terrestrial.[1]
Reproduction
References
- ^ 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
- 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).
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