Biology:Dipsas pakaraima
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Short description: Species of snake
| Dipsas pakaraima | |
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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: | Dipsas |
| Species: | D. pakaraima
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| Binomial name | |
| Dipsas pakaraima MacCulloch & Lathrop, 2004[2]
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Dipsas pakaraima is an arboreal snake of the family Dipsadidae.[3] It has been placed in the Dipsas temporalis group.[4] It is native to medium and higher elevations in west-central Guyana.[2] It has been collected in Kaieteur National Park and Mount Ayanganna.[5] Its food probably consists of snails and slugs.
References
- ↑ Ouboter, P. & Hoogmoed, M. (2017) Dipsas pakaraima. In: IUCN 2016. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022.2.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 MacCulloch, R.D. and A. Lathrop (2004). "A new species of Dipsas (Squamata: Colubridae) from Guyana". Revista de Biología Tropical 52 (1): 239–247. doi:10.15517/rbt.v52i1.14916. PMID 17357422.
- ↑ Dipsas pakaraima at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 November 2014.
- ↑ Harvey, M.B. (2009). "New and poorly known Dipsas (Serpentes: Colubridae) from northern South America". Herpetologica 64 (4): 422–451. doi:10.1655/07-068r1.1.
- ↑ MacCulloch, R.D. and A. Lathrop (2009). "Herpetofauna of Mount Ayanganna, Guyana. Results of the Royal Ontario Museum Ayanganna Expedition 2000". Royal Ontario Museum Science Contributions (Royal Ontario Museum) 4: 1–36.
Wikidata ☰ Q3029237 entry
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