Dipsas palmeri (Boulenger, 1912)

Camper, Jeffrey D., Torres-Carvajal, Omar, Ron, Santiago R., Nilsson, Jonas, Arteaga, Alejandro, Knowles, Travis W. & Arbogast, Brian S., 2021, Amphibians and reptiles of Wildsumaco Wildlife Sanctuary, Napo Province, Ecuador, Check List 17 (3), pp. 729-751 : 743-744

Dipsas palmeri (Boulenger, 1912)

Material examined. ECUADOR • 1 adult; Napo Province, WWS, F.A.C.E. Loop Trail; 00.6797°S, 077.6008°W; 22 July 2014; QCAZ 12799 .

Identification. These attenuate snakes have the head wider than the neck and very large eyes. They are light brown dorsally and with black mottling ventrally. There

are brown or black circular spots with pale edges pres- ent as well. The dorsal scales are smooth and in 15-15- 15 rows with the vertebral row enlarged. There is 1 loreal and 1 preocular that contact the orbit. Supralabials num- ber 3–8, and 1 pair of infralabials contact the symphy- seal scale. Males have 172–202 ventrals and females have 181–200. Subcaudals range from 91–118 in males and 86–102 in females.

Habitat. The single specimen found was active at night on vegetation about 1 m above ground along a trail in primary forest.