Ninia hudsoni
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Ninia
Species:
N. hudsoni
Binomial name
Ninia hudsoni
H. Parker, 1940

Ninia hudsoni, also known commonly as the Guyana coffee snake and Hudson's coffee snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to northwestern South America.

Etymology

The specific name, hudsoni, is in honor of Mr. C.A. Hudson who collected the holotype of this species, as well as many entomological specimens, for the British Museum (Natural History).[2]

Geographic range

N. hudsoni is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, and Peru.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of N. hudsoni is forest, at altitudes of 200–1,300 m (660–4,270 ft).[1]

Description

A small snake species, N. hudsoni may attain a total length (including tail) of about 42 cm (17 in).[4]

Behavior

N. hudsoni is terrestrial,[1] living in the leaf litter of the forest.[4]

Reproduction

N. hudsoni is oviparous.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Catenazzi, A.; Cisneros-Heredia, D.F.; Gagliardi, G.; Nogueira, C. (2019). "Ninia hudsoni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T203550A2768349. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  2. ^ 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. (Ninia hudsoni, p. 127).
  3. ^ a b "Ninia hudsoni ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  4. ^ a b Camper, Jeffrey D. (2015). "Ninia hudsoni (Hudson's Coffee Snake). Maximum Size". Herpetological Review 46 (3): 452–453.

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