Dendrophidion apharocybe

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Dendrophidion
Species: Dendrophidion apharocybe

Name

  • Dendrophidion apharocybe Cadle, 2012
Holotype: LACM 148593, an adult male. Collected 9 December 1974 by C. Dock, Carl Lieb, and Catherine Toft.
Type locality: Finca La Selva, 40 m elevation, Heredia Province, Costa Rica.
Etymology: The species name is a feminine noun in apposition derived from the Greek words aphares, meaning naked or unclad, and kybe, meaning head. The ‘‘naked head’’ refers to the distinctive unadorned apex of the hemipenis of D. apharocybe compared with its sibling species.

Mentions

  • Dendrophidion dendrophis — Gaige et al., 1937: 12 (part)
  • Dendrophidion vinitor — Smith, 1941: 74–75 (part)
  • Dendrophidion apharocybe Cadle, 2012

References

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