Biology:Hallberg's cloud forest snake
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Hallberg's cloud forest snake | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Cryophis Bogert & Duellman, 1963 |
Species: | C. hallbergi
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Binomial name | |
Cryophis hallbergi Bogert & Duellman, 1963
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Hallberg's cloud forest snake (Cryophis hallbergi), also known commonly as la culebra de bosque mesófilo de Hallberg in Mexican Spanish, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species, which is endemic to Mexico, is monotypic in the genus Cryophis.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, hallbergi, is in honor of Thomas Boone Hallberg (born 1923), who is an American botanist who has been working in Mexico for over 50 years.[2]
Geographic range
C. hallbergi occurs in the Sierra Juarez and Sierra Mazateca of northern Oaxaca state, at elevations of 1,200–1,865 m (3,937–6,119 ft).[3]
Habitat
The natural habitat of C. hallbergi is undisturbed cloud forest.[3]
Reproduction
References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Cryophis hallbergi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 December 2023.
- ↑ 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. (Cryophis hallbergi, p. 114).
- ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 Cite error: Invalid
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Further reading
- Bogert CM, Duellman WE (1963). "A New Genus and Species of Colubrid Snake from the Mexican State of Oaxaca". American Museum Novitates (2162): 1–15. (Cryophis, new genus; Cryophis hallbergi, new species).
- Heimes P (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Chimaira. 572 pp. ISBN:978-3899731002.
- Liner EA (2007). "A Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of México". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University (80): 1–59.
- Simón-Salvador, Pablo Rogelio; Arreortúa, Medardo; Flores, Carlos A.; Santiago-Dionicio, Hermes; González-Bernal, Edna (2021). "The role of Indigenous and Community Conservation Areas in herpetofauna conservation: a preliminary lit for Santa Cruz Tepetotutla, Oaxaca Mexico". ZooKeys 1029: 185–208.
Wikidata ☰ Q3005724 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallberg's cloud forest snake.
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