Zonateres is a genus of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is monotypic, containing the sole species Zonateres lanei, which is native to South America.
Etymology The specific name, lanei, is in honor of Brazilian entomologist Frederico Lane.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Thamnodynastes lanei, p. 150).
Common names Common names for Z. lanei include Lane's house snake in English, and cobra-espada and corre-campo in Brazilian Portuguese.
Description Z. lanei has strongly keeled dorsal scales, which are arranged in 17 rows on the neck, in 17 rows at midbody, and in 15 rows towards the cloaca. Each dorsal scale has two apical pits.
Geographic range Z. lanei is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay.
Habitat The preferred natural habitats of Z. lanei are forest and savanna.
Behavior Z. lanei is terrestrial and nocturnal.
Diet Z. lanei preys upon frogs.
Reproduction Z. lanei is viviparous.
References
Further reading Bailey JR, Thomas RA, da Silva NJ Jr (2005). "A revision of the South American snake genus Thamnodynastes Wagler, 1830 (Serpentes, Colubridae, Tachymenini): I. Two new species of Thamnodynastes from Central Brazil and adjacent areas, with a redefinition of and neotype designation for Thamnodynastes pallidus (Linnaeus, 1758)". Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology 4 (2): 83–101. (Thamnodynastes lanei, new species). Coelho, Rafael Damasceno Fernandes; De Souza, Kariny; Weider, Alisson Guedes; Pereira, Luiz C. M.; Ribeiro, Leonardo B. (2013). "Overview of the distribution of snakes of the genus Thamnodynastes (Dipsadidae) in northeastern Brazil, with new records and remarks on their morphometry and pholidosis". Herpetology Notes 6 (1): 355–360. (Thamnodynastes lanei). Trevine VC, Grazziotin FG, Giraudo A, Sallaberry-Pinchera N, Vianna JA, Zaher H (2022). "The systematics of Tachymenini (Serpentes, Dipsadidae): An updated classification based on molecular and morphological evidence". Zoologica Scripta 51 (6): 643–663. (Zonateres, new genus; Z. lanei, new combination).