Dendrophidion
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| South American Forest Racer (Dendrophidion percarinatus) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Colubrinae |
| Genus: | Dendrophidion |
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Dendrophidion is a genus of colubrid snakes commonly referred to as forest racers. Their range stretches from south eastern Mexico to Bolivia.
[edit] Species
- Dendrophidion atlantica Freire, Caramschi & Goncalves, 2010
- Dendrophidion bivittatus (Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril, 1854) – Forest Racer
- Dendrophidion boshelli Dunn, 1944 – Hoshell's Forest Racer
- Dendrophidion brunneus (Gunther, 1858) – Gunther's Forest Racer
- Dendrophidion dendrophis (Schlegel, 1837) – Olive Forest Racer
- Dendrophidion nuchale (Peters, 1863) – Peters's Forest Racer, Pink-Tailed Forest Racer
- Dendrophidion paucicarinatus (Cope, 1894) – Cope's Forest Racer
- Dendrophidion percarinatus (Cope, 1893) – South American Forest Racer
- Dendrophidion vinitor Smith, 1941 – Barred Forest Racer
[edit] References
- Dendrophidion at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 July 2007.
- Eliza Maria Xavier Freire, Ulisses Caramaschi & Ubiratan Gonçalves (2010). "A new species of Dendrophidion (Serpentes: Calubridae) from the Atlantic Rain Forest of Northeastern Brazil" (PDF excerpt). Zootaxa 2719: 62–68. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02719p068f.pdf.
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