Ninia hudsoni
| Ninia hudsoni | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Ninia |
| Species: | N. hudsoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Ninia hudsoni H. Parker, 1940
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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
[edit]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
[edit]N. hudsoni is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, and Peru.[3]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of N. hudsoni is forest, at altitudes of 200–1,300 m (660–4,270 ft).[1]
Description
[edit]A small snake species, N. hudsoni may attain a total length (including tail) of about 42 cm (17 in).[4]
Behavior
[edit]N. hudsoni is terrestrial,[1] living in the leaf litter of the forest.[4]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T203550A2768349.en. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ 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).
- ^ a b "Ninia hudsoni ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ a b Camper, Jeffrey D. (2015). "Ninia hudsoni (Hudson's Coffee Snake). Maximum Size". Herpetological Review 46 (3): 452–453.
Further reading
[edit]- Lehr, Edgar (2002). Amphibian und Reptilien in Peru. Münster: Natur und Tier Verlag. 208 pp. ISBN 978-3931587680. (in German).
- Parker, H.W. (1940). "Undescribed Anatomical Structures and new Species of Reptiles and Amphibians". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eleventh Series 5: 257–274. (Ninia hudsoni, new species, p. 270).
- Torres-Carvajal, Omar; Pazmiño-Otamendi, Gustavo; Salazar-Valenzuela, David (2019). "Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich online portal, with dynamic checklists and photographic guides". Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13 (1) [General Section]: 209–229 (e178).
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