Dendrophidion

Dendrophidion
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
Species
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Dendrophidion is a genus of New World colubrid snakes commonly referred to as forest racers.

Geographic range

Their range stretches from southeastern Mexico to Bolivia.

Species

The following 15 species are recognized.

• 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.

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. {{cite journal}}: Check |author= value (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)