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Mastigodryas danieli AMARAL, 1935

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Daniel's Tropical Racer 
SynonymMastigodryas danieli AMARAL 1935: 158
Mastigodryas unicolor AMARAL 1935 (lapsus)
Mastigodryas danieli — PEREZ-SANTOS & MORENO 1988: 244
Mastigodryas danieli — WALLACH et al. 2014: 429
Mastigodryas danieli — MONTINGELLI et al. 2018 
DistributionColombia (Antioquia, Valle del Cauca)

Type locality: Medellin, Colombia  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: IBSP (= IB) 8694, female 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1862 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentType species: Mastigodryas danieli AMARAL 1935: 158 is the type species of the genus Mastigodryas AMARAL 1935 (1934 fide Smith 1963).

Synonymy: Mastigodryas danieli has been considered as a synonym of M. boddaerti fide Smith 1963. Smith 1963 requested to suppress the name Mastigodryas and to use Dryadophis instead.

Distribution: not in Ecuador fide Omar Torres-Carvajal, pers. comm., 8 Sep 2016.

Habitat: partly arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). 
EtymologyNamed after Rev. Irmão Daniel, the collector (or donor) of the type.

The genus name is derived from the Greek words mastigo, meaning "whip" and dryas, meaning "wood or tree nymph." 
References
  • Almendariz, A. 1991. Anfibios y Reptiles [del Ecuador]. Rev. Politecnica. XVI (3): 89-162.
  • Amaral, A. 1935. Notas sobre chromatismo de ophidios XXX. Novo genero e escpecie de colubrideo na fauna da Colombia. Mem. Inst. Butantan 8 [1934]: 157-159 - get paper here
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Castro-Herrera, F. & Vargas-Salinas, F. 2008. Anfibios y reptiles en el departamento del Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Biota Colombiana 9 (2): 251 - 277 - get paper here
  • Harrington, Sean M; Jordyn M de Haan, Lindsey Shapiro, Sara Ruane 2018. Habits and characteristics of arboreal snakes worldwide: arboreality constrains body size but does not affect lineage diversification. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 125 (1): 61–71 - get paper here
  • Montingelli GG, Grazziotin FG, Battilana J, Murphy RW, Zhang Y‐P, Zaher H. 2018. Higher‐level phylogenetic affinities of the Neotropical genus Mastigodryas Amaral, 1934 (Serpentes: Colubridae), species‐group definition and description of a new genus for Mastigodryas bifossatus. J Zool Syst Evol Res. 57: 205– 239 [online 2018, in print 2019] - get paper here
  • Páez, V.P. et al. 2002. Guía de campo de algunas especies de anfibios y reptiles de Antioquia. Universidad de Antioquia, - get paper here
  • Pérez-Santos,C. & Moreno, A.G. 1988. Ofidios de Colombia. Museo reegionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, Monographie VI, 517 pp.
  • Rojas-Morales JA, Arias- Monsalve HF, Caicedo-Martínez LS, et al. 2023. Historical perspective and state of knowledge of the non-avian reptiles (Vertebrata: Sauropsida) of the Department of Caldas, Central Andes of Colombia. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. 47(185): 868-881 - get paper here
  • Smith, H. M. 1963. Dryadophis Stuart, 1939 (Reptilia, Serpentes): proposed validation under the plenary powers. Bull. Zool. Nomenclature 20 (3): 230 - get paper here
  • Valencia-Zuleta A, Jaramillo-Martínez AF, Echeverry-Bocanegra A, Viáfara-Vega R, Hernández-Córdoba O, Cardona-Botero VE, Gutiérrez-Zúñiga J, Castro-Herrera F. 2014. Conservation status of the herpetofauna, protected areas, and current problems in Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 8 (2): 1–18 (e87) - get paper here
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
 
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