Synophis lasallei

Synophis lasallei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Synophis
Species:
S. lasallei
Binomial name
Synophis lasallei
Synonyms[2]
  • Diaphorolepis lasallei
    Nicéforo-María, 1950

Synophis lasallei, also known commonly as Lasalle's fishing snake, La Salle's shadow snake, and la culebra andinas de la sombra de La Salle in South American Spanish, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to northwestern South America.

Etymology

The specific name, lasallei, refers to the Instituto de La Salle, Bogotá, Colombia.[3]

Geographic range

S. lasallei is found in Colombia and Ecuador.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. lasallei is forest.[1]

Diet

S. lasallei preys upon frogs and small lizards.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Arredondo, J.C.; Caicedo, J.; Calderón, M.; Ines Hladki, A.; Ramírez Pinilla, M.; Renjifo, J.; Urbina, N. (2015). "Synophis lasallei ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T177533A44952030. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Species Synophis lasallei at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Synophis lasallei, p. 151).

Further reading

  • Nicéforo-María H (1950). "Contribución al conocimiento de los Ofidios de Colombia". Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Bogotá 7: 517–518. (Diaphorolepis lasallei, new species, with photograph and two line drawings of head scalation). (in Spanish).
  • Peters JA (1960). "The Snakes of Ecuador: A Check List and Key". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 122 (9): 489–541. (Synophis lasallei, new combination, p. 538).
  • Peters JA, Orejas-Miranda B, Donoso-Barros R (1970). "Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata: Part I. Snakes". United States National Museum Bulletin (297): viii + 1–347. (Synophis lasallei, p. 288).
  • Sanchez, Tatiana Toro; Montañez, Alejandro; Bernal, Manuel Hernando (2019). "New records of Synophis lasallei (Nicéforo-María, 1950) and Synophis niceforomariae Pyron, Arteaga, Echevarría & Torres-Carvajal, 2016 (Serpentes, Colubridae) from the Cordillera Central in Colombia". Check List 15: (6): 1051–1054.


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