Dendrophidion

Dendrophidion percarinatum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Dendrophidion
Species (15): D. apharocybe – D. atlantica – D. bivittatus – D. boshelli – D. brunneum – D. clarkii – D. crybelum – D. dendrophis – D. graciliverpa – D. nuchale – D. paucicarinatum – D. percarinatum – D. prolixum – D. rufiterminorum – D. vinitor

Name

Dendrophidion Fitzinger, 1843: 26

• Type species: Herpetodryas dendrophis Schlegel, 1837, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Fitzinger, L. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus primus. Amblyglossae. Braumüller et Seidel: Wien. vi + 106 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Cadle, J.E., 2012: Systematics of the neotropical snake Dendrophidion percarinatum (Serpentes: Colubridae), with descriptions of two new species from western Colombia and Ecuador and supplementary data on D. brunneum. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 160 (6): 259–344. Full article: [1].
• Cadle, J.E. & Savage, J.M. 2012. Systematics of the Dendrophidion nuchale complex (Serpentes: Colubridae) with the description of a new species from Central America. Zootaxa 3513(1): 1–50. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3513.1.1 Reference page. 
• Freire, E.M.X., Caramaschi, U. & Gonçalves, U. 2010. A new species of Dendrophidion (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Atlantic Rain Forest of Northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 2719: 62–68. Preview. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Dendrophidion . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 May 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Forest Racers