Oxybelis transandinus
| Oxybelis transandinus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Oxybelis |
| Species: | O. transandinus
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| Binomial name | |
| Oxybelis transandinus Torres-Carvajal, Mejía-Guerrero & Terán, 2021
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Oxybelis transandinus is a species of snake.[1] The species was originally described in 2021 by Omar Torres-Carvajal, Mauricio Mejía-Guerrero and Claudia Terán from the Museo de Zoología of the Pontificia Universidad Católica in Ecuador.
Description
[edit]Oxybelis transandinus is a species of Neotropical vine snakes that is endemic to Ecuador. It has been recently described as being distinct from a similar species of vine snake; Oxybelis aeneus.[1] Phylogenetic analyses has shown distinctive genetic differences.
Range & habitat
[edit]The species has been observed in Ecuador. The Holotype has been collected in Bosqueira Protected Forest and is an adult male. Paratypes were collected throughout the Pacific lowlands of Ecuador.[1] The species have been observed in dry ecosystems where the snake is active from the ground up to 1.5 meters in shrubs.[1]
Etymology
[edit]The name of the species is derived from Latin, where "Trans", means beyond and "Andinus" means Andean.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Torres-Carvajal, Omar; Mejía-Guerrero, Mauricio; Terán, Claudia (2021-08-18). "Adding missing vines to the tree: multilocus phylogeny of New World vine snakes (Serpentes: Colubridae: Oxybelis), with description of a new species". Journal of Natural History. 55 (31–32): 2027–2046. doi:10.1080/00222933.2021.1986164. S2CID 243478903.
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