Dipsas oneilli
Appearance
| Dipsas oneilli | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Dipsas |
| Species: | D. oneilli |
| Binomial name | |
| Dipsas oneilli | |
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Dipsas oneilli, also known commonly as O'Neill's tree snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Peru.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, oneilli, is in honor of American ornithologist John P. O'Neill.[3]
Geographic distribution
[edit]Dipsas oneilli is found in the Andes of northwestern Peru, on both the Pacific slope and the Amazonian slope, at elevations of 1,646–3,500 m (5,400–11,483 ft).[1][2]
Behavior
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[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 Perez, J.; Lehr, E. (2017). "Dipsas oneilli ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T48617620A48617625.en. Accessed on 31 March 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dipsas oneilli at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 November 2014.
- ↑ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sibynomorphus oneilli, p. 195).
Further reading
[edit]- Arteaga, A.; Salazar-Valenzuela, D.; Mebert, K.; Peñafiel, N.; Aguiar, G.; Sánchez-Nivicela, J.C.; Pyron, R.A.; Colston, T.J.; Cisneros-Heredia, D.F.; Yánez-Muñoz, M.H.; Venegas, P.J.; Guayasamin, J.M.; Torres-Carvajal, O. (2018). "Systematics of South American snail-eating snakes (Serpentes, Dipsadini), with the description of five new species from Ecuador and Peru". ZooKeys. 766: 79–147. (Dipsas oneilli, new combination).
- Cadle, J.E. (2007). "The snake genus Sibynomorphus (Colubridae: Dipsadinae: Dipsadini) in Peru and Ecuador, with comments on the systematics of Dipsadini". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 158 (5): 183–283. (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
- Rossman, D.A.; Kizirian, D.A. (1993). "Variation in the Peruvian Dipsadine Snakes Sibonymorphus oneilli and S. vagus ". Journal of Herpetology. 27 (1): 87–90.
- Rossman, D.A.; Thomas, R. (1979). "A New Dipsadine Snake of the Genus Sibynomorphus from Peru". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Louisiana State University (54): 1–6. (Sibynomorphus oneilli, new species).