Dryophylax chaquensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Dryophylax |
Species: | D. chaquensis
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Binomial name | |
Dryophylax chaquensis Bergna & Alvarez, 1993
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Dryophylax chaquensis, commonly known as Jararaca-Falsa (Portugese), is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.[2] The species is endemic to Brazil.
Domain | Eukaryota |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Chordata |
Class | Reptilia |
Order | Squamata |
Suborder | Serpentes |
Infraorder | Alethinophidia |
Superfamily | Colubroidea |
Family | Colubridae |
Clade | Caenophidia |
Genus | Dryophylax |
Species | D. chaquensis |
It is named after the type locality in the Argentinian Chaco.[3] Another name for it is Thermodynastes chaquensis. [4][5][6][7]
This species is partly aboreal.[8] This species is found in Paraguay (Neembucu), Uruguay, Brazil, and Argentina (Santa Fe, Formosa, Chaco, Jujuy).[3]