Dendrelaphis marenae, commonly known as Maren's bronzeback, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae, found in Southeast Asia.
| Maren's bronzeback | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Ahaetuliinae |
| Genus: | Dendrelaphis |
| Species: | D. marenae
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| Binomial name | |
| Dendrelaphis marenae G. Vogel & van Rooijen, 2008
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Etymology
editThe species is named after the herpetologist Dr. Maren Gaulke, honoring her scientific contributions to the field of herpetology in the Philippines. She also helped collect some of the initial specimens.[2]
Taxonomy
editDendrelaphis marenae belongs to the genus Dendrelaphis, which contains 48 other described species.[3]
Dendrelaphis is one of five genera belonging to the vine snake subfamily Ahaetuliinae, of which Dendrelaphis is most closely related to Chrysopelea, as shown in the cladogram below:[4]
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Distribution & habitat
editDendrelaphis marenae is diurnal and fully arboreal, found in forests the Philippines and Indonesia.[2]
References
edit- ^ Gillespie, G.; Jose, R.; Diesmos, A.C.; Alonso Gonzalez, J.C.; Demegillo, A.; Pitogo, K.; Delima, E.M. (2021). "Dendrelaphis marenae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T199757A2610172. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
- ^ a b Dendrelaphis marenae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 February 2016.
- ^ Genus Dendrelaphis at The Reptile Database.
- ^ Mallik, Ashok Kumar; Achyuthan, N. Srikanthan; Ganesh, Sumaithangi R.; Pal, Saunak P.; Vijayakumar, S. P.; Shanker, Kartik (27 July 2019). "Discovery of a deeply divergent new lineage of vine snake (Colubridae: Ahaetuliinae: Proahaetulla gen. nov.) from the southern Western Ghats of Peninsular India with a revised key for Ahaetuliinae". PLOS ONE. 14 (7): e0218851. Bibcode:2019PLoSO..1418851M. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0218851. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 6636718. PMID 31314800.
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