Dendrophidion apharocybe

Dendrophidion apharocybe

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera 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

• Cadle, John E. 2012: Cryptic Species Within the Dendrophidion vinitor Complex In Middle America (Serpentes: Colubridae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 160(4): 183–240. PDF.