Bluebelly Java snake | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: |
Tetralepis Boettger, 1892 |
Species: | T. fruhstorferi
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Binomial name | |
Tetralepis fruhstorferi
Boettger, 1892
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The bluebelly Java snake (Tetralepis fruhstorferi), also known commonly as Fruhstorfer's mountain snake and the Javan bluebelly snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species, which is the only member of the genus Tetralepis, [2] is endemic to Java. [1] [3]
The specific name, fruhstorferi, is in honor of German lepidopterist Hans Fruhstorfer, who collected the holotype. [4]
The preferred natural habitat of T. fruhstorferi is forest, at altitudes of about 1,000 m (3,300 ft). [1]
Dorsally, T. fruhstorferi is dark reddish brown, with an indistinct darker vertebral line. Ventrally, it is lead-colored or reddish gray. The holotype has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 43.2 cm (17.0 in), plus a tail length of 7.0 cm (2.8 in). [5]
T. fruhstorferi is terrestrial, semi- fossorial, and nocturnal or crepuscular. [1]
The mode of reproduction of T. fruhstorferi is unknown. [3]
Bluebelly Java snake | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: |
Tetralepis Boettger, 1892 |
Species: | T. fruhstorferi
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Binomial name | |
Tetralepis fruhstorferi
Boettger, 1892
|
The bluebelly Java snake (Tetralepis fruhstorferi), also known commonly as Fruhstorfer's mountain snake and the Javan bluebelly snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species, which is the only member of the genus Tetralepis, [2] is endemic to Java. [1] [3]
The specific name, fruhstorferi, is in honor of German lepidopterist Hans Fruhstorfer, who collected the holotype. [4]
The preferred natural habitat of T. fruhstorferi is forest, at altitudes of about 1,000 m (3,300 ft). [1]
Dorsally, T. fruhstorferi is dark reddish brown, with an indistinct darker vertebral line. Ventrally, it is lead-colored or reddish gray. The holotype has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 43.2 cm (17.0 in), plus a tail length of 7.0 cm (2.8 in). [5]
T. fruhstorferi is terrestrial, semi- fossorial, and nocturnal or crepuscular. [1]
The mode of reproduction of T. fruhstorferi is unknown. [3]