Biology:Ninia sebae
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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: | Ninia |
| Species: | N. sebae
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| Ninia sebae (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
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Ninia sebae, commonly known as the redback coffee snake[2] or the red coffee snake,[3] is a species of small terrestrial snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Mexico and Central America south to Costa Rica.[1] Although it resembles some venomous coral snakes in color and size, it is not venomous and seldom bites humans.[4][5]
Etymology
The specific name, sebae, is in honor of Dutch naturalist Albertus Seba.[6]
Subspecies
Four subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]
- Ninia sebae immaculata Schmidt & Rand, 1957
- Ninia sebae morleyi Schmidt & Andrews, 1936
- Ninia sebae punctulata (Bocourt, 1883)
- Ninia sebae sebae (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Ninia.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of N. sebae are forest and savanna, at altitudes from sea level to 2,200 m (7,200 ft).[1]
Behavior
Coffee snakes (species in the genus Ninia) are thought to rely on concealment, flight and intimidation to avoid predation.[3] These snakes were observed either flattening their entire bodies when alarmed,[7] or remaining motionless in whatever position they were discovered.[8] In a more recent study these snakes, when touched, displayed a flattened head and neck, and raised their anterior third or half.[3]
Diet
N. sebae preys upon earthworms.[2]
Reproduction
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Chaves, G.; Köhler , G.; Nicholson, K.; Porras, L.W. (2013). "Ninia sebae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T198388A2523671. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T198388A2523671.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/198388/2523671. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Ninia sebae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 6 December 2018.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Greene, Harry W. (1975). "Ecological observations on the red coffee snake, Ninia sebae, in southern Veracruz, Mexico". The American Midland Naturalist 93 (2): 478–484. doi:10.2307/2424185.
- ↑ "Ninia sebae ". The Encyclopedia of Life. http://eol.org/pages/791350/overview.
- ↑ Savage, Jay M. (2002). The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Herpetofauna between Two Continents, between Two Seas. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 934 pp. ISBN:0-226-73537-0. (Ninia sebae, pp. 620-622 + Plate 388).
- ↑ 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. (Ninia sebae, p. 240).
- ↑ Dunn ER (1935). "The snakes of the genus Ninia". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 21 (1): 9–12. doi:10.1073/pnas.21.1.9. PMID 16577660. Bibcode: 1935PNAS...21....9R.
- ↑ Alvarez del Toro, M. (1960). Los reptiles de Chiapas (1 ed.). Inst. Zool. del Estado. pp. 204.
Further reading
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- Bocourt MF (1883). "Études sur les reptiles ". pp. i–xiv, 1–1012. In: Duméril A[HA], Bocourt MF, Mocquard F (1870–1909). Recherches Zoologiques pour servir a l'Histoire de la Faune de l'Amérique Centrale et du Mexique. Paris: Mission Scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amérique. (Impremerie Impériale, printer). (Streptophorus sebae var. punctulata, new variety, pp. 547–548). (in French).
- Duméril A-M-C, Bibron G, Duméril A[-H-A] (1854). Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome septième. Première partie. Comprenant l'histoire des serpents non venimeux [= General Herpetology or Complete Natural History of the Reptiles. Volume 7. Part 1. Containing the Natural History of the Nonvenomous Snakes]. Paris: Roret. xvi + 780 pp. (Streptophorus sebae, new species, pp. 115–117). (in French).
- Heimes, Peter (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Chimaira. 572 pp. ISBN:978-3899731002.
- Schmidt KP, Andrews EW (1936). "Notes on Snakes from Yucatan". Zoological Series of Field Museum of Natural History 20 (18): 167–187. (Ninia sebae morleyi, new subspecies, pp. 169–171).
- Schmidt KP, Rand AS (1957). "Geographic Variation in the Central American Colubrine Snake, Ninia sebae". Fieldiana · Zoology 39 (10): 73—84. (Ninia sebae immaculata, new subspecies, pp. 81–82).
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