Sibon dunni PETERS, 1957
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Dunn's Snail Sucker |
| Synonym | Sibon dunni PETERS 1957
Sibon dunni — WALLACH et al. 2014: 667 |
| Distribution | Ecuador
Type locality: Pimampiro, San Nicolas, Prov. Imbabura, Ecuador.
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: UMMZ 92068 |
| Diagnosis | |
| Comment | Habitat: fully arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). |
| Etymology | Named after Emmett Reid Dunn (1894-1956) [obituary in Schmidt 1957: 75]. |
| References |
- Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - 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
- Peters, James A. 1957. A new species of the snake genus Sibon from Ecuador. Copeia 1957 (2): 109-111 - get paper here
- Peters, James A. 1957. Taxonomic notes on Ecuadorian snakes in the American Museum of Natural History. American Museum Novitates (1851): 1-13 - get paper here
- Schmidt, K.P. 1957. Emmett Reid Dunn, 1894-1956. Copeia 1957 (2): 75-77 - get paper here
- Torres-Carvajal O, Pazmiño-Otamendi G, Salazar-Valenzuela D. 2019. Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich portal, with a dynamic checklist and photographic guides. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13 (1): [General Section]: 209–229 (e178) - 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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