Dendrelaphis haasi

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Dendrelaphis haasi
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. haasi
Binomial name
Dendrelaphis haasi

Dendrelaphis haasi, also known commonly as Haas' bronzeback, Haas's bronzeback, Haas's bronzeback snake, and Haas's bronzeback tree snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to Southeast Asia.

Etymology

The specific name, haasi, is in honor of Dutch herpetologist C.P.J. de Haas.[2]

Taxonomy

Dendrelaphis haasi 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]

Ahaetuliinae

Geographic range

D. haasi is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore.[5]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of D. haasi is forest, at altitudes near to sea level, but it has also been found in gardens.[1]

Description

D. haasi is slender and has a very long tail, which is 34% to 38% of its total length.[5] The holotype has a snout-to-vent length of 57.5 cm (22.6 in), plus a tail length of 33 cm (13 in).[6]

Behavior

D. haasi is diurnal and fully arboreal.[5]

Diet

D. haasi preys upon frogs and lizards.[1]

Reproduction

D. haasi is oviparous.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Vogel, G.; Wogan, G.; Grismer, L.; Chan-Ard, T. (2012). "Dendrelaphis haasi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T191993A2025179. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  2. ^ 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. (Dendrelaphis haasi, p. 113).
  3. ^ Genus Dendrelaphis at The Reptile Database.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ a b c d Dendrelaphis haasi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 February 2016.
  6. ^ van Rooijen J, Vogel G (2008).

Further reading

  • Das I (2012). A Naturalist's Guide to the Snakes of South-East Asia: Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar, Borneo, Sumatra, Java and Bali. Oxford, England: John Beaufoy Publishing. 176 pp. ISBN 978-1906780708.
  • Lim KKP, Cheong LF (2011). "Dendrelaphis haasi (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae), a new snake record for Singapore". Nature in Singapore 4: 9–12.
  • van Rooijen J, Vogel G (2008). "Contributions to a review of the Dendrelaphis pictus complex (Serpentes: Colubridae) – 1. Description of a sympatric species". Amphibia-Reptilia 29 (1): 101–115. (Dendrelaphis haasi, new species, pp. 108–112 + Figures 4, 5A–5D).
  • Vogel G (2010). "Zur Systematik der Schlangen der orientalischen Region: Forschungsdefizite führen zur Unterschätzung der Artenvielfalt ". Ophidia 4 (2): 18–26.



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