Thamnodynastes silvai TREVINE, CAICEDO-PORTILLA, HOOGMOED, THOMAS, FRANCO, MONTINGELLI, OSORNO-MUÑOZ & ZAHER, 2021
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Thamnodynastes silvai TREVINE, CAICEDO-PORTILLA, HOOGMOED, THOMAS, FRANCO, MONTINGELLI, OSORNO-MUÑOZ & ZAHER 2021 Thamnodynastes silvai — TREVINE et al. 2022 |
| Distribution | Peru (Loreto), Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador Type locality: province of Mariscal Ramón Castilla, district of Ramón Castilla, department of Loreto, Peru. |
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| Types | Holotype: SINCHI-R 2139, adult male, (Field Number JSH 948), collected by Juan Silva Haad on Isla Rondinã (no collection date). Paratypes (30): Seven adults and one juvenile from Loreto Department, Peru: female, AMNH 52125, collected by Harvey Bassler on March 1931 at Caballococha, Amazon River; male, AMNH 53581, collected by Harvey Bassler on December 16 1926 at Rean Rean, Suhuayo (near Contamana, Ucayali River); male, AMNH 52083 and female, AMNH 55472, without additional information; male AMNH 55643, collected by Harvey Bassler at Monte Carmelo, Requena Province (Uresti), no collection date; female, MHNC 3143 (Field Number 11) from Dos de Mayo (Sarayacu), Ucayali Province; male, USNM 197292 (Field Number AJ 933), collected on November 1970 at Iquitos; young male, CORBIDI 6072, from Requena Province (Jenaro Herrera) without additional information. Twelve adults collected by Dionisio Mafra at yahuma island, Cayarú, Mariscal Ramón Castilla Province, Ramón Castilla district, Loreto Department, Peru: five females, SINCHI-R 2143 (Field Number JSH 1420), SIN-CHI-R 2154 (Field Number JSH 1182), SINCHI-R 2148 (Field Number JSH 956), SINCHI-R 2147 (Field Number JSH 1034) and SINCHI-R 2151 (Field Number JSH 1585); and seven males, SINCHI-R 2140 (Field Number JSH 1051), SINCHI-R 2141 (Field Number JSH 1427), SINCHI-R 2163 (Field Number JSH 1062), SINCHI-R 2146 (Field Number JSH 963), SINCHI-R 2149 (Field Number JSH 704), SINCHI-R 2150 (Field Number JSH 1422), and SINCHI-R 2157 (Field Number JSH 1043). Five adults and one juvenile from Leticia, Amazonas department, Colombia: female, IAVH 2046 (Field Number OPM 518), collected by Oscar Pinto-Moreno at Amacayacu Natural National Park; young male, IAVH 854, collected by Juan Silva Haad on August 1978; two males, SINCHI-R 2144 (Field Number JSH 1127) and SINCHI-R 2169 (Field Number JSH 861); and two females, SINCHI-R 2142 (Field Number JSH 819) and SINCHI-R 2159 (Field Number JSH 150). One adult male, USNM 233065 (Field Number 807), collected on May 1952 at Maruma, Morona-Santiago Province, Ecuador (no collector information). Two adult females, SINCHI-R 2153 (Field Number JSH 373) and SINCHI-R 2162 (Field Number JSH 429), from Tabatinga, Amazonas State, Brazil. One adult female, MPEG 18835 (Field Number TCAP 2357), collected on July 29, 1994 by Marinus S. Hoogmoed and Teresa C. Ávila-Pires at the Mamirauá Ecological Station, Araçazinho lake (left bank of Paraná Apara), Uarini, Amazonas state, Brazil. |
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| Etymology | Named after the late Juan Silva Haad, physician at the hospital of Leticia for many years, who maintained a snake collection for over 50 years. He collected several species from Colombian, Peruvian and Brazilian Amazonia, including several of the Thamnodynastes specimens used in this description. He donated most part of his collection to the Sinchi Institute, with over 2,500 specimens of Amazonian snakes, which represented an immense contribution for the Institute’s collection, and a valuable addition of important data for the study of Amazonian snakes. Unfortunately, he passed away on January 31, 2021, just a few weeks before the final reviewed version of the manuscript was accepted. |
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