Thamnodynastes pallidus

Thamnodynastes pallidus, the Amazon coastal house snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to South America.

Thamnodynastes pallidus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Thamnodynastes
Species:
T. pallidus
Binomial name
Thamnodynastes pallidus
Synonyms[2]
  • Coluber pallidus
    Linnaeus, 1758
  • Coluber strigilis
    Thunberg, 1787
  • Natrix punctatissima
    Wagler, 1824
  • Coluber nattereri
    Mikan, 1828
  • Thamnodynastes punctatissimus
    — Wagler, 1830
  • Dipsas punctatissima
    — Schlegel, 1837
  • Sibon puctatissimus
    — Berthold, 1840
  • Thamnodynastes pallidus
    — Andersson, 1899
  • Dryophylax pallidus
    — Amaral, 1930
  • Thamnodynastes pallidus
    — J. Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970

Geographic range

T. pallidus is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.[2]

References
  1. Ines Hladki, A.; Ramírez Pinilla, M.; Renjifo, J.; Urbina, N.; Gonzales, L.; Gagliardi, G.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Schargel, W.; Rivas, G. (2019). "Thamnodynastes pallidus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T177552A44952409. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Species Thamnodynastes pallidus at The Reptile Database

Further reading
  • Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. (Thamnodynastes pallidus, p. 112).
  • Linnaeus C (1758). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. Stockholm: L. Salvius. 824 pp. (Coluber pallidus, new species, p. 221). (in Latin).


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