Dipsas pakaraima
StatusLC
Status systemIUCN3.1
GenusDipsas
Speciespakaraima
AuthorityMacCulloch & Lathrop, 2004[1]

Dipsas pakaraima is an arboreal snake of the family Dipsadidae.[2] It has been placed in the Dipsas temporalis group.[3] It is native to medium and higher elevations in west-central Guyana.[1] It has been collected in Kaieteur National Park and Mount Ayanganna.[4] Its food probably consists of snails and slugs.

References

  1. ^ MacCulloch, R.D. and A. Lathrop (2004). "A new species of Dipsas (Squamata: Colubridae) from Guyana". Revista de Biología Tropical. 52 (1): 239–247. doi:10.15517/rbt.v52i1.14916. PMID 17357422
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  3. ^ Harvey, M.B. (2009). "New and poorly known Dipsas (Serpentes: Colubridae) from northern South America". Herpetologica. 64 (4): 422–451. doi:10.1655/07-068r1.1. S2CID 86586504
  4. ^ MacCulloch, R.D. and A. Lathrop (2009). "Herpetofauna of Mount Ayanganna, Guyana. Results of the Royal Ontario Museum Ayanganna Expedition 2000". Royal Ontario Museum Science Contributions. 4: 1–36. Royal Ontario Museum