Thamnodynastes pallidus

Thamnodynastes pallidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Dipsadidae
Genus:	Thamnodynastes
Species:	T. pallidus
Binomial name
Thamnodynastes pallidus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
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

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

Geographic range

T. pallidus is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.^[1]

References

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, diferentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. Stockholm: L. Salvius. 824 pp. (Coluber pallidus, new species, p. 221). (in Latin).