Drymobius melanotropis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Drymobius |
| Species: | D. melanotropis
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| Drymobius melanotropis (Cope, 1876)
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Drymobius melanotropis, commonly known as the black forest racer, is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake endemic to Central America.
Geographic range
It ranges through Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Description
Drymobius melanotropis is green above, with black on the keels of the median three dorsal rows. The green color extends to the outer fourth of the ventral shields, and the center of the belly is yellow. Adults are about 1.25 m (50 in.) in total length.[2]
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Drymobius melanotropis.
- ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Boulenger, G.A. 1894. Catalogue of 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. ("Coluber ? melanotropis", pp. 33-34.)
Further reading
- Cope, E.D. 1876. On the Batrachia and Reptilia of Costa Rica. With Notes on the Herpetology and Ichthyology of Nicaragua and Peru. Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, series 2, 8 [1875]: 93-154. (Dendrophidium melanotropis, pp. 134–135.)
External links
- Species Drymobius melanotropis at The Reptile Database