Dipsas mikanii
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Dipsas |
| Species: | D. mikanii
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| Dipsas mikanii Schlegel, 1837
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Dipsas mikanii is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to eastern South America.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, mikanii, is in honor of German biologist Johann Christian Mikan.[3]
Geographic distribution
Dipsas mikanii is found in Argentina, eastern Brazil, and Paraguay.[1][2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of Dipsas mikanii are forest and savanna, at elevations from sea level to 1,350 m (4,430 ft).[1]
Behavior
Dipsas mikanii is terrestrial, semiarboreal, and nocturnal.[1]
Diet
Dipsas mikanii preys predominately upon mollusks, slugs, and snails.[2]
Reproduction
Dipsas mikanii is oviparous.[1][2] Females lay eggs in communal nests.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Silveira AL, Argôlo AJS, Abrahão CR, Nogueira C de C, Strüssmann C, Loebmann D, Barbo FE, Franco FL, Costa GC, de Moura GJB, Zaher H el D, Borges-Martins M, Martins MRC, Oliveira ME, Hoogmoed MS, Marques OAV, Bérnils RS, Kawashita-Ribeiro RA, Sawaya RJ, Passos PGH, da Costa TBG (2019). Dipsas mikanii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019.
- ^ a b c d e Dipsas mikanii 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 mikanii, p. 178).
Further reading
- Albuquerque, C.E.; Ferrarezzi, H. (2004). "A case of communal nesting in the neotropical snake Sibynomorphus makinii (Serpentes, Colubridae)". Phyllomedusa. 3 (1): 73–77.
- Boulenger, G.A. (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ), Amblycephalidæ, and Viperidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I–XXV. (Leptognathus mikani, pp. 453–454).
- Freiberg, M. (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Sibynomorphus mikanii, pp. 109–110).
- Schlegel, H. (1837). Essai sur la physionomie des serpens. Partie Descriptive. Amsterdam: M.H. Schonekat. 606 + xvi pp. (Dipsas mikanii, new species, pp. 277–278). (in French).