Leptodeira bakeri

Leptodeira bakeri
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Leptodeira
Species:	L. bakeri
Binomial name
Leptodeira bakeri Ruthven, 1936

Leptodeira bakeri, also known as Paraguaná's cat-eyed snake, Baker's cat-eyed snake and other common names, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to Paraguaná Peninsula in Venezuela and Aruba.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, bakeri, is in honor of American malacologist Horace Burrington Baker.^[3]: 15

Common names

English: Aruban cat-eyed snake,^[2] Baker's cat-eyed snake,^[1][2] Paraguanan cat-eyed snake^{[citation needed]}

Spanish: falsa mapanare de Paraguaná,^[2] el santanero^[2]

Description

Leptodeira bakeri.

The dorsal scales of Leptodeira bakeri are arranged in 19 rows on the neck, 17 rows at midbody, and 15 rows near the cloaca. The ventral scales number 170–175.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of Leptodeira bakeri are forest and shrubland, at altitudes from sea level to 150 m (490 ft), but it has also been found in gardens and pastures.^[1]

Behavior

Leptodeira bakeri is terrestrial and partly arboreal.^[2]

Diet

Leptodeira bakeri preys upon frogs.^[1]

References

1. Rivas, G.; Schargel, W. (2016). "Leptodeira bakeri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T203539A115350661. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
2. Species Leptodeira bakeri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
3. Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.

Further reading

• Rivas, G.A.; Molina, C.R.; Ugueto, G.N.; Barros, T.R.; Barrio-Amorós, C.L.; Kok, P.J.R. (2012). "Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist". Zootaxa. 3211: 1–64. (Leptodeira bakeri, p. 22). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
• Ruthven, A.G. (1936). "Leptodeira bakeri, new species". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (330): 1–2.