Dendrophidion
| Dendrophidion | |
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| Dendrophidion percarinatum, South American forest racer | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Colubrinae |
| Genus: | Dendrophidion Fitzinger, 1843[1][2] |
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Dendrophidion is a genus of New World colubrid snakes commonly referred to as forest racers.[3]
Geographic range
Their range stretches from southeastern Mexico to Bolivia.[3]
Species
The following 15 species are recognized.[2][3]
- Dendrophidion apharocybe Cadle, 2012
- Dendrophidion atlantica Freire, Caramaschi & Gonçalves, 2010
- Dendrophidion bivittatus (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – forest racer
- Dendrophidion boshelli Dunn, 1944 – Boshell's forest racer
- Dendrophidion brunneum (Günther, 1858) – Günther's forest racer
- Dendrophidion clarkii Dunn, 1933
- Dendrophidion crybelum Cadle, 2012
- Dendrophidion dendrophis (Schlegel, 1837) – olive forest racer
- Dendrophidion graciliverpa Cadle, 2012
- Dendrophidion nuchale (W. Peters, 1863) – Peters' forest racer, pink-tailed forest racer
- Dendrophidion paucicarinatum (Cope, 1894) – Cope's forest racer
- Dendrophidion percarinatum (Cope, 1893) – South American forest racer
- Dendrophidion prolixum Cadle, 2012
- Dendrophidion rufiterminorum Cadle & Savage, 2012
- Dendrophidion vinitor H.M. Smith, 1941 – barred forest racer
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Dendrophidion.
References
Further reading
- Fitzinger L. 1843. Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp + indices. (Dendrophidion, new genus, p. 26). (in Latin).
- Freiberg M. 1982. Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Genus Dendrophidion, p. 93).
- Goin CJ, Goin OB, Zug GR. 1978. Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman. xi + 378 pp. ISBN 0-7167-0020-4. (Genus Dendrophidion, p. 324).
External links
- Dendrophidion at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 July 2007.
- Freire, Eliza Maria Xavier; Caramaschi, Ulisses; Gonçalves, Ubiratan (2010). "A new species of Dendrophidion (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Atlantic Rain Forest of Northeastern Brazil" (PDF excerpt). Zootaxa. 2719: 62–68.
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