Drymobius melanotropis

Drymobius melanotropis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Colubrinae
Genus: Drymobius
Species: D. melanotropis
Binomial name
Drymobius melanotropis
(Cope, 1876)
Synonyms
  • Dendrophidium melanotropis
    Cope, 1876
  • Elaphis melanotropis Cope, 1887
  • Coluber ? [sic] melanotropis
    Boulenger, 1894
  • Drymobius melanotropis
    Stuart, 1933
  • Drymobius melanotropis
    J. Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970
  • Drymobius melanotropis
    Villa et al., 1988[1]

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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  1. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. 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

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