Urotheca dumerilli
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Urotheca |
| Species: | U. dumerilli
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| Binomial name | |
| Urotheca dumerilli (Bibron, 1840)
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Urotheca dumerilli, also known commonly described as Duméril's graceful brown snake, is a species of snake in the family of Colubridae. The species is endemic to Colombia.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, dumerilli, is in honor of French herpetologist André Marie Constant Duméril.[3]
Geographic range
U. dumerilli is found in western Colombia, in the departments of Antioquia, Cauca, and Chocó.[2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of U. dumerilli is forests.[1]
Behavior
U. dumerilli is terrestrial.[1]
Diet
U. dumerilli preys upon salamanders, small frogs, and small lizards.[1]
Reproduction
References
- ^ a b c d Rivas, G.; Caicedo, J.; Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, P. (2015). "Urotheca dumerilli ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T177509A44951229. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Species Urotheca dumerilli at The Reptile Database
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Urotheca dumerilli, p. 77).
Further reading
- Bibron G (1840). In: Cocteau J-T & Bibron G (1840). "Reptiles ". pp. 1–143. In: de la Sagra R (1840). Historia Fisica, Politica y Natural de la Isla de Cuba. Segunda Parte. Historia Natural. Tomo IV. Reptiles y Peces. Paris: Arthus Bertrand. 255 pp. + Plates I–XXX. (Calamaria dumerilli, new species, pp. 131–132 + Plate XXVI). (in Spanish).
- Vera-Pérez, Luis Enrique; Zúñiga-Baos, Jorge Alberto (2015). "First record of Urotheca dumerilli (Bibron, 1840) (Squamata: Dipsadidae) in Cauca state, Colombia and notes on natural history". Check List 11 (6): [Article] 1794. (pp. 1–5).