Dendrelaphis subocularis

Dendrelaphis subocularis, commonly known as the mountain bronzeback or Burmese bronzeback, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae from Southeast Asia.

Dendrelaphis subocularis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Ahaetuliinae
Genus: Dendrelaphis
Species:
D. subocularis
Binomial name
Dendrelaphis subocularis
(Boulenger, 1888)

Taxonomy

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Dendrelaphis subocularis belongs to the genus Dendrelaphis, which contains 48 other described species.[2]

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:[3]

Ahaetuliinae

Distribution

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The species is found in Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, China (Yunnan), and Indonesia (Java).[4]

Behavior

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The snake is diurnal and fully arboreal, and has oviparous reproduction.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Wogan, G.; Chan-Ard, T. (2012). "Dendrelaphis subocularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T191970A2022632. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  2. ^ Genus Dendrelaphis at The Reptile Database.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b Dendrelaphis subocularis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 June 2024.