Leptophis nigromarginatus

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Leptophis nigromarginatus
Leptophis ahaetulla.jpg
black-skinned parrot snake
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Leptophis
Species:
L. nigromarginatus
Binomial name
Leptophis nigromarginatus
(Günther, 1866)
Synonyms
  • Ahætulla nigromarginata
    Günther, 1866
  • Leptophis nigromarginatus
    Boulenger, 1894
  • Leptophis occidentalis nigromarginatus
    Schmidt & Walker, 1943
  • Thalerophis richardi nigromarginatus
    Oliver, 1948 [1] [2]

Leptophis nigromarginatus, commonly known as the black-skinned parrot snake, is a snake of the family Colubridae. [2] [3]

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Geographic range

It is found in the Amazon Rainforest in Ecuador. [2]

Description

Leptophis ahaetulla nigromarginatus (black-skinned parrot snake), Amazon Rainforest, near Nauta, Peru, 2011 Leptophis ahaetulla nigromarginatus (08).JPG
Leptophis ahaetulla nigromarginatus (black-skinned parrot snake), Amazon Rainforest, near Nauta, Peru, 2011

L. nigromarginatus is a bright green, slender, medium-sized, snake. Adults are typically 60–100 cm (23.5–39.5 in) in total length. Black edges around the outer margin of each scale form a distinctive net-like pattern on the dorsal surface of the animal. The ventral surface has a metallic sheen, and may be green or rust-colored.[ citation needed ]

Habitat

It is arboreal, living in dense brushy vegetation. It is found in secondary and primary forest.[ citation needed ]

Behavior

Active during the daytime, it sleeps in vegetation at night.[ citation needed ]

Diet

It feeds on lizards, frogs, and small birds.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. Boulenger, G.A. 1894. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, Printers.) London. xi + 382 pp. + Plates I.- XX. (Leptophis nigromarginatus, pp. 112-113 & Plate III., fig. 3.)
  2. 1 2 3 Leptophis nigromarginatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 October 2022.
  3. Lawson, R.; Slowinski, J. B.; Crother, B. I.; Burbrink, F. T. (2005). "Phylogeny of the Colubroidea (Serpentes): New evidence from mitochondrial and nuclear genes" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 37 (2): 581–601. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.07.016. PMID   16172004. S2CID   2509713. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-27.

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