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Leptodrymus

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Leptodrymus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Leptodrymus
Amaral, 1927
Species:
L. pucherrimus
Binomial name
Leptodrymus pucherrimus
(Cope, 1874)

Leptodrymus is a genus of snake in the family Colubridae that contains the sole species Leptodrymus pulcherrimus.[2] It is known as the striped lowland snake[1][3] or green-headed racer.[4]

It is found throughout Central America, in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Sunyer, J.; Wilson, L.D.; Köhler , G. (2013). "Leptodrymus pulcherrimus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T190608A1954868. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T190608A1954868.en.
  2. ^ Leptodrymus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 December 2016.
  3. ^ a b Leptodrymus pulcherrimus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 December 2016.
  4. ^ Nalini M. Nadkarni; Nathaniel T. Wheelwright (9 March 2000). Monteverde: Ecology and Conservation of a Tropical Cloud Forest. Oxford University Press. p. 540. ISBN 978-0-19-977097-7.