Dipsas pakaraima
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Dipsas pakaraima is an arboreal snake of the family Dipsadidae.[2] It has been placed in the Dipsas temporalis group.[3] It is native to medium and higher elevations in west-central Guyana.[1] It has been collected in Kaieteur National Park and Mount Ayanganna.[4] Its food probably consists of snails and slugs.
References
- ^ a b MacCulloch, R.D. and A. Lathrop (2004). "A new species of Dipsas (Squamata: Colubridae) from Guyana". Revista de Biología Tropical. 52: 239–247.
- ^ Dipsas pakaraima at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 November 2014.
- ^ Harvey, M.B. (2009). "New and poorly known Dipsas (Serpentes: Colubridae) from northern South America". Herpetologica. 64: 422–451. doi:10.1655/07-068r1.1.
- ^ MacCulloch, R.D. and A. Lathrop (2009). "Herpetofauna of Mount Ayanganna, Guyana. Results of the Royal Ontario Museum Ayanganna Expedition 2000". Royal Ontario Museum Science Contributions. 4: 1–36.