Dendrophidion atlantica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

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

Name

Dendrophidion atlantica Freire, Caramaschi & Gonçalves, 2010: 63

• Holotype: MNRJ 17018, adult ♂, collected by Ubiratan Gonçalves on 05 December 2006.
• Type locality: “Mata do Engenho Coimbra (08°59’S, 35°53’W; 526 m above sea level), Municipality of Ibateguara, State of Alagoas, Northeastern Brazil”.

References

Primary references

• Freire, E.M.X., Caramaschi, U. & Gonçalves, U. 2010. A new species of Dendrophidion (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Atlantic Rain Forest of Northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 2719(1): 62–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2719.1.5 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Nacimento, V. & Santos, E.M. 2016. Geographic Distribution: Dendrophidion atlantica. Herpetological Review 47(2): 261.

Links

• 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. IUCN: Dendrophidion atlantica  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T203282A123738126. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T203282A123738126.en. Accessed on 19 December 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Atlantic Forest Racer