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Thamnodynastes ceibae BAILEY & THOMAS, 2007

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymThamnodynastes ceibae BAILEY & THOMAS 2007
Thamnodynastes ceibae — WALLACH et al. 2014: 717 
DistributionVenezuela

Type locality: from La Ceiba, Trujillo, Venezuela, near sea level (elevation ~ 0 m).  
Reproductionviviparous 
TypesHolotype: UMMZ 218579 (formerly MBUCV 8165), collected by Janis Racenis and Janis A. Roze, 19 May 1963. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A slender Thamnodynastes of ordinary pattern with weakly keeled dorsals in 19-19-13 rows; cloacal plate divided; hemipenis short, very slender without perceptible ornamentation; maxillary teeth 19+2G. 
CommentHabitat: partly arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). 
EtymologyThis species is named for its type locality, La Ceiba, estado Trujillo, Venezuela. 
References
  • Bailey, J.R.; R.A. Thomas 2007. A revision of the South American snake genus Thamnodynastes Wagler, 1830 (Serpentes, Colubridae, Tachymenini). II. Three new species from northern South America, with further descriptions of Thamnodynastes gambotensis Pérez-Santos and Moreno and Tha Memoria de la Fundación La Salle de Ciencias Naturales 166: 7-27 [2006]
  • 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
  • Natera-Mumaw, Marco; Luis Felipe Esqueda-González & Manuel Castelaín-Fernández 2015. Atlas Serpientes de Venezuela. Santiago de Chile, Dimacofi Negocios Avanzados S.A., 456 pp. - get paper here
  • RIVAS, GILSON A.; CÉSAR R. MOLINA, GABRIEL N. UGUETO, TITO R. BARROS, CÉSAR L. BAR- RIO-AMORÓS & PHILIPPE J. R. KOK 2012. Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist. Zootaxa 3211: 1–64 - 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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