Leptophis stimsoni
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Leptophis stimsoni, commonly known as the grey lora or the Trinidad upland parrot snake, is a small species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
Geographic range and habitat
L. stimsoni is known from less than a dozen specimens, all of which were collected in montane forests in the Northern Range on the Island of Trinidad,[1] at altitudes of Script error: No such module "convert"..[2]
Reproduction
Etymology
The specific name, stimsoni, is in honor of British herpetologist Andrew Francis Stimson.[4]
References
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- ↑ Species Leptophis stimsoni at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Template:ISBN. (Leptophis stimsoni, p. 254.)
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Further reading
- Harding, K.A. (1995). "A new species of tree snake of the genus Leptophis Bell 1825 from Mount Aripo, Trinidad". Tropical Zoology 8 (2): 221–226. (Leptophis stimsoni, new species, p. 222.)