Amaral's ground snake

Amaral's ground snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Caaeteboia; Zaher, Grazziotin, Cadle, Murphy, de Moura-Leite & Bonatto, 2009
Species:	C. amarali
Binomial name
	Caaeteboia amarali; (Wettstein, 1930)
Synonyms[1]
	Liophis amarali Wettstein, 1930

Amaral's ground snake (Caaeteboia amarali) is a snake[2] endemic to eastern Brazil (Bahia, Minas Gerais, Parana, Santa Catarina, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro).[1] This species is a small-sized, aglyphous, and oviparous snake with a small body size and moderately long tail.[3] Caaeteboia amarali is diurnal, has a diet consisting of frogs, and exhibits dorsal flattening and cloacal evacuation as defensive behaviours (Marques et al. 2001).[3]

References

Caaeteboia amarali at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 December 2016.
Caaeteboia at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 December 2016.
Passos, Paulo; Ramos, Luciana; Pereira, Donizete (30 April 2012). "Distribution, natural history, and morphology of the rare snake, Caaeteboia amarali (Serpentes: Dipsadidae)" (PDF). Salamandra. 48: 51–57 – via Researchgate.

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[RDB-1] Caaeteboia amarali at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 December 2016.

[RDB-genus-2] Caaeteboia at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 December 2016.

[:0-3] Passos, Paulo; Ramos, Luciana; Pereira, Donizete (30 April 2012). "Distribution, natural history, and morphology of the rare snake, Caaeteboia amarali (Serpentes: Dipsadidae)" (PDF). Salamandra. 48: 51–57 – via Researchgate.