Brazilian shrub philodrias [1] ( lat. Philodryas olfersii ) is a poisonous species of snakes of the family of the genus Filodriasis , or shrub snakes. Latin name Ph. olfersii in honor of the German naturalist Ignaz von Olfers . [2]
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Description
Brazilian shrub filodrias reaches 100-150 cm in length. [3] Dorsal coloration green, [4] belly yellowish. [five]
Dorsal scales smooth, organized in 19 rows in the middle of the body. [5] Poisonous appearance.
Behavior
Brazilian shrub filodrias is a mostly arboreal species, [6] but can also hunt on land. [7] Daytime, [6] less likely to mate late in the evening. [eight]
Range
The species is found in most of South America, including Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, Colombia, French Guiana and Venezuela. [9]
Habitat
It lives in cerrado , katinga , in forests, copses and resting. [ten]
Nutrition
It feeds mainly on rodents, lizards, amphibians and birds, [6] especially chicks. [7] They are also able to feed on other snakes, including ones as large as themselves. [eleven]
Subspecies
- Philodryas olfersii herbeus ( Wied , 1825)
- Philodryas olfersii latirostris ( Cope , 1862)
- Philodryas olfersii olfersii ( Lichtenstein , 1825)
Notes
- ↑ Korshunov I. S. On the reproductive biology of snakes of the genus Philodryas Wagler, 1830 (Colubridae, Xenodontinae) // Scientific research in zoological parks. Issue 20. - M., Moscow Zoo, 2006. - P. 25-28. Full text
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins; Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles . Johns Hopkins University Press. Baltimore xiii + 312 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5 . ( Philodryas olfersii , p. 157.)
- ↑ O'Shea, M. Venomous Snakes of the World . New Holland Publishers. 2008. pg. 53.
- ↑ Kuch, U. (1999). Notes on two cases of human envenomation by the South American colubrid snakes Philodryas olfersii latirostris Cope, 1862 and Philodryas chamissonis (Wiegmann, 1834) (Squamata: Serpentes: Colubridae). Herpetozoa 12 (1/2): 11-16.
- ↑ 1 2 Boulenger, GA 1896. Catalog of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ), ... Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, Printers.) London. xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I.- XXV. ( Philodryas olfersii , pp. 129-130.)
- ↑ 1 2 3 Barbo, FE, et al. (2011). Diversity, natural history, and distribution of snakes in the municipality of São Paulo. South American Journal of Herpetology 6 (3): 135-160.
- ↑ 1 2 Sazima, I. , and OAV Marques. (2007). A reliable customer: Hunting site fidelity by an actively foraging neotropical colubrid snake. Herpetological Bulletin (99): 36-38.
- ↑ Dourado de Mesquita, PCM, et al. (2012). Philodryas olfersii (Squamata, Serpentes, Dipsadidae): Nocturnal mating behavior. Herpetologia Brasileira 1 (1): 41.
- ↑ The Reptile Database
- ↑ Viana, LA, et al. (2013). A new species of Caryospora Léger, 1904 (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the snake Philodryas olfersii Lichtenstein (Colubridae) from a coastal habitat in Brazil. Syst. Parasitol. 85 (2): 195-199.
- ↑ Freiberg, M. 1982. Snakes of South America . TFH Publications. Hong Kong 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7 . ( Philodryas olfersii , pp. 106, 137 + photographs on pp. 21, 146.)
Links
- Lichtenstein, [M.] H. 1823. Verseichniss der Doubletten des zoologischen Museums der Königl. Universität zu Berlin nebst Beschreibung vieler bisher unbekannter Arten von Säugethieren, Vögeln, Amphibien und Fischen herausgegeben. Königlich Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften. (T. Trautwein, Printer.) Berlin. x + 118 pp. + one plate. ( Coluber olfersii , pp. 104-105.)
- Philodryas olfersii (English) on the website of the National Center for Biotechnological Information (NCBI).
- I. S. Korshunov, On the reproductive biology of snakes of the genus Philodryas Wagler, 1830 (Colubridae, Xenodontinae) // Scientific research in zoological parks. Issue 20, pp. 25-28. 2006. Moscow