{{Short description|Genus of snakes}} {{Speciesbox | name = ''Baliodryas steinbachi'' | image = Baliodryas steinbachi.jpg | image_caption = Eating a fleshbelly frog | status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>Aguayo R, Aparicio J, Embert D, Gonzales L, Muñoz A (2016). "''Eutrachelophis steinbachi'' ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T50951630A50951646. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T50951630A50951646.en. Downloaded on 08 May 2020.</ref> | genus = Baliodryas | parent_authority = Zaher & Prudente, 2019 | species = steinbachi | authority = (Boulenger, 1905) | synonyms = *''Rhadinæa Steinbachi'' {{small|Boulenger, 1905}} *''Aporophis melanocephalus'' {{small|Griffin, 1915}} *''Liophis steinbachi'' {{small|Amaral, 1929}} *''Erythrolamprus steinbachi'' {{small|— Grazziotin et al., 2012}} *''Rhadinaea steinbachi'' {{small|Wallach et al., 2014}} *''Eutrachelophis steinbachi'' {{small|Myers & McDowell, 2014}} *''Baliodryas steinbachi'' {{small|Zaher & Prudente}} | synonyms_ref = <ref name=RDB/> }}

'''''Baliodryas''''' is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, '''''Baliodryas steinbachi'''''. It is endemic to South America.

==Etymology== The specific name, ''steinbachi'' is in honor of Dr. Jose Steinbach (1856–1929), who collected biological specimens in South America.<ref>Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (''Liophis steinbachi'', p. 252).</ref>

==Distribution and habitat== ''B. steinbachi'' is found in Bolivia and Brazil.<ref name=RDB>{{NRDB species|genus=Baliodryas|species=steinbachi|accessdate=5 May 2020}}</ref> The preferred natural habitat is forest at an altitude of {{convert|250|m|ft|abbr=on}}.<ref name="iucn" />

==Biology== ''B. steinbachi'' is oviparous.<ref name=RDB/>

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==Further reading== *Boulenger GA (1905). "Descriptions of new Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum". ''Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Seventh Series'' '''15''': 453–456. ("''Rhadinæa Steinbachi'' ", new species, pp.&nbsp;454–455). *Zaher H, Prudente ALC (2019). "The enigmatic Amazonian genus ''Eutrachelophis'': morphological evidence and description of new taxa (Serpentes: Dipsadidae: Xenodontini)". ''Amphibia-Reptilia'' '''41''' (2): 215–231. (''Baliodryas'', new genus; ''B. steinbachi'', new combination).

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