Leptodrymus

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Leptodrymus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Leptodrymus
Amaral, 1927
Species:
L. pucherrimus
Binomial name
Leptodrymus pucherrimus
(Cope, 1874)

Leptodrymus is a genus of snake in the family Colubridae that contains the sole species Leptodrymus pulcherrimus. [2] It is known as the striped lowland snake [1] [3] or green-headed racer. [4]

It is found throughout Central America, in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras. [1] [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Sunyer, J.; Wilson, L.D.; Köhler , G. (2013). "Leptodrymus pulcherrimus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013 e.T190608A1954868. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T190608A1954868.en .
  2. Leptodrymus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 December 2016.
  3. 1 2 Leptodrymus pulcherrimus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 December 2016.
  4. Nalini M. Nadkarni; Nathaniel T. Wheelwright (9 March 2000). Monteverde: Ecology and Conservation of a Tropical Cloud Forest. Oxford University Press. p. 540. ISBN   978-0-19-977097-7.