Dunn's road guarder (Crisantophis nevermanni) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species, which is monotypic in the genus Crisantophis, is endemic to Central America.
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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: | Crisantophis Villa, 1971 |
| Species: | C. nevermanni
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| Binomial name | |
| Crisantophis nevermanni (Dunn, 1937)
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Geographic range
editC. nevermanni is found in northwestern Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, western Honduras, and Nicaragua.[2]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of C. nevermanni is forest, at altitudes of 4–1,385 m (13–4,544 ft).[1]
Behavior
editC. nevermanni is terrestrial and diurnal.[1]
Diet
editC. nevermanni preys predominately upon frogs and lizards.[1]
Reproduction
editEtymology
editThe generic name, Crisantophis, is in honor of Miss Crisanta Cháves, who was director of the Museo Nacional de Nicaragua for over 50 years.[3]
The specific name, nevermanni, is in honor of German coleopterist Wilhelm Heinrich Ferdinand Nevermann (1881–1938).[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Wilson, L.D.; Townsend, J.H.; Sunyer, J. (2013). "Crisantophis nevermanni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T203492A2766244. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T203492A2766244.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Crisantophis nevermanni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 December 2016.
- ^ Villa (1971).
- ^ 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. (Crisantophis nevermanni, p. 189).
Further reading
edit- Dunn ER (1937). "New or Unnamed Snakes from Costa Rica". Copeia 1937 (4): 213–215. (Conophis nevermanni, new species, p. 214).
- Köhler G (2008). Reptiles of Central America, 2nd Edition. Offenbach, Germany: Herpeton Verlag. 400 pp. ISBN 978-3936180282.
- Savage JM (2002). The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Herpetofauna between Two Continents, between Two Seas. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press. xx + 945 pp. ISBN 0-226-73537-0. (Crisantophis nevermanni, p. 586).
- Villa J (1971). "Crisantophis, A New Genus For Conophis nevermanni Dunn". Journal of Herpetology 5 (3-4): 173–177. (Crisantophis nevermanni, new combination). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
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