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: Dipsadidae
Subfamilia: Dipsadinae
Genus: Calamodontophis
Species: Calamodontophis paucidens
Name
Calamodontophis paucidens (Amaral, 1936)
References
Primary references
Amaral, A. 1935. Contribuição ao conhecimento aos ophidios do Brasil. VII. Novos gêneros e espécies de colubrídeos opistoglyphos. Memórias do Instituto Butantan 9: 203–206.
Additional references
Bailey, J.R. 1966. A redescription of the snake Calamodontophis paucidens. Copeia, 4: 885–6.
Carreira, S. & M.D. Meneghel 1999. Dados de comportamiento de Calamodontophis paucidens (Amaral, 1935) (Squamata, Ophidia) en cautiverio, V. Congreso Latinoamericano de Herpetología. Publ. Extra, Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat., Montevideo, 50: 44.
Franco, F.L., E.L. Salomão, M. Borges-Martins, M. Di-Bernardo, M. D. Meneghel & S. Carreira. 2001. New records of Calamodontophis paucidens (Serpentes, Colubridae, Xenodontinae) from Brazil and Uruguay. Cuadernos de Herpetologia 14: 155–159.
Meneghel, M. & S. Carreira. 2003. Calamodontophis paucidens (Amaral, 1935) (Serpentes, Colubridae), is it an arboreal species? in XXVIII International Ethological Conference-Florianópolis. Rev. Etologia Supl 5: 184.
Links
Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Calamodontophis paucidens. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 August 2020.
Moura-Leite, J.C. & Di-Bernardo, J.C. 2000. IUCN: Calamodontophis paucidens (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2000: e.T39905A10281698. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T39905A10281698.en
Vernacular names
English: Tropical Forest Snake
Calamodontophis paucidens is a species of snakes in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to South America.
Geographic range
C. paucidens is found in Brazil and Uruguay.[1]
Habitat
The natural habitat of C. paucidens is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.[1]
Conservation status
C. paucidens is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
References
Silveira, A.L., Prudente, A.L. da C., Argôlo , A.J.S., Abrahão, C.R., Nogueira, C. de C., Barbo, F.E., Costa, G.C., Pontes, G.M.F., Colli, G.R., Zaher, H. el D., Borges-Martins, M., Martins, M.R.C., Oliveira , M.E., Passos, P.G.H., Bérnils, R.S., Sawaya, R.J., Cechin, C.T.Z & Guedes da Costa, T.B. (2021). "Calamodontophis paucidens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T39905A15158542. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
"Calamodontophis paucidens ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
Amaral A ("1935" [1936]). "Contribução ao conhecimento dos ofídios do Brasil. VII. Novos gêneros e espécies de Colubrideos opisthoglyphos ". Mémorias do Instituto Butantan 9: 203–207. (Calamodon paucidens, new species, p. 204). (in Portuguese).
Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Calamodontophis paucidens, p. 92).
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