Leptodeira
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Leptodeira is a genus of colubrid snakes commonly referred to as cat-eyed snakes. The genus consists of 18 species that are native to primarily Mexico and Central America, but range as far north as the Rio Grande Valley region of Texas in United States and as far south as Argentina in South America.
Species and subspecies
The following species and subspecies are recognized as being valid.[1][2]
- Leptodeira annulata (Linnaeus, 1758)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – banded cat-eyed snake
- Leptodeira approximans (Günther, 1872)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Leptodeira ashmeadii (Hallowell, 1845)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – banded cat-eyed snake
- Leptodeira bakeri Ruthven, 1936Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Baker's cat-eyed snake[3]
- Leptodeira frenata (Cope, 1886)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – rainforest cat-eyed snake
- Leptodeira frenata frenata (Cope, 1886)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Leptodeira frenata malleisi Dunn & L. Stuart, 1935Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Leptodeira frenata yucatanensis (Cope, 1887)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Leptodeira larcorum Schmidt & Walker, 1943Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Leptodeira maculata (Hallowell, 1861)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – southwestern cat-eyed snake
- Leptodeira misinawui Torres-Carvajal, Sánchez-Nivicela, Posse, Celi & Koch, 2020Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Leptodeira nigrofasciata Günther, 1868Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – black-banded cat-eyed snake
- Leptodeira ornata (Bocourt, 1884)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – northern cat-eyed snake
- Leptodeira pulchriceps (Duellman, 1958)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Leptodeira punctata (W. Peters, 1866)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – western cat-eyed snake
- Leptodeira rhombifera (Günther, 1872)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Leptodeira rubricata (Cope, 1893)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Costa Rican cat-eyed snake
- Leptodeira septentrionalis Kennicott, 1859Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – northern cat-eyed snake
- Leptodeira splendida (Günther, 1895)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – splendid cat-eyed snake
- Leptodeira splendida bressoni Taylor, 1938Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Leptodeira splendida ephippiata H.M. Smith & W. Tanner, 1944Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Leptodeira splendida splendida (Günther, 1895)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Leptodeira tarairiu Costa, Graboski, Grazziotin, Zaher, Rodrigues & Prudente, 2022Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Leptodeira uribei Bautista & H.M. Smith, 1992Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Uribe's cat-eyed snake, Uribe's false cat-eyed snake
Nota bene: In the above list, a binomial authority or trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species or subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Leptodeira.
References
External links
- Genus Leptodeira at The Reptile Database
- https://serpientesdevenezuela.org/leptodeira-ashmeadii/
- https://serpientesdevenezuela.org/leptodeira-bakeri/
Further reading
- Fitzinger L (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Leptodeira, new genus, p. 27). (in Latin).
- Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. Template:ISBN. (Genus Leptodeira, pp. 75, 100–101, 133 + photograph on p. 55).
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- ↑ Genus Leptodeira at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Template:ISBN. (Leptodeira bakeri, p. 15).