Dryophylax yavi is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Venezuela.[2]

Dryophylax yavi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Dryophylax
Species:
D. yavi
Binomial name
Dryophylax yavi
Myers & Donnelly, 1996

Taxonomy

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Full classification
Domain Eukaryota
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Suborder Serpentes
Infraorder Alethinophidia
Superfamily Colubroidea
Family Colubridae
Subfamily Dipsadinae
Clade Caenophidia
Genus Dryophylax
Species D. yavi

Etymology

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Named after its type locality, summit of Cerro Yaví. [2] It is synonymous with Thermodynastes yavi.[3][4][5]

Description

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Habitat and behavior

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Its origin place is the summit of Cerro Yavi in Amazonas, Venezuela. They are usually found at an elevation of 2150 metres.[2]

Life cycle

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The mode of reproduction followed by D. yavi is viviparous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Rivas, G. & Schargel, W. (2016). "Thamnodynastes yavi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T49845732A49845734.
  2. ^ a b c d "Dryophylax yavi". Reptile Database. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  3. ^ Myers, Charles W.; Donnelly, Maureen A. (May 2001). <0001:hotycm>2.0.co;2 "Herpetofauna of the Yutajé–Corocoro Massif, Venezuela: Second Report From the Robert G. Goelet American Museum-Terramar Expedition to the Northwestern Tepuis". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 261: 1–85. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2001)261<0001:hotycm>2.0.co;2. ISSN 0003-0090.
  4. ^ Cadle, John E. (February 2001). "A Checklist and Key to the Snakes of Venezuela/lista SistemÁtica y Clave Para Las Serpientes de Venezuela". Copeia. 2001 (1): 293–294. doi:10.1643/0045-8511(2001)001[0293:br]2.0.co;2. ISSN 0045-8511.
  5. ^ Trevine, Vivian C.; Caicedo-Portilla, José Rancés; Hoogmoed, Marinus; Thomas, Robert A.; Franco, Francisco L.; Montingelli, Giovanna G.; Osorno-Muñoz, Mariela; Zaher, Hussam (2021-04-09). "A new species of Thamnodynastes Wagler, 1830 from western Amazonia, with notes on morphology for members of the Thamnodynastes pallidus group (Serpentes, Dipsadidae, Tachymenini)". Zootaxa. 4952 (2). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4952.2.2. ISSN 1175-5334.