Taxonavigation

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

Name

• Dendrophidion prolixum Cadle, 2012

Holotype: AMNH R-109721; Myers, 1991: 8. Collected 9 February 1973 by Charles W. Myers and John W. Daly (field number C. W. Myers 11618).

Type locality: Quebrada Guanguí, 0.5 km above Río Patia (upper Saija drainage), 100–200 m elevation, Cauca department, Colombia [about 02°50’N, 77°25’W].

Etymology: Name derived from the Latin adjective prolixus meaning ‘‘stretched far out’’ or ‘‘long,’’ used especially in reference to parts of the body. The reference is to the unusually long hemipenis of this species compared with most other Dendrophidion.

References

• Cadle, John E. 2012: Systematics of the Neotropical Snake Dendrophidion percarinatum (Serpentes: Colubridae), With Descriptions of Two New Species from Western Colombia and Ecuador and Supplementary Data on D. brunneum. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 160(6): 259–344.PDF.