Leptodrymus pulcherrimus

Leptodrymus pulcherrimus near Canas, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

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: Leptodrymus
Species: Leptodrymus pulcherrimus

Name

Leptodrymus pulcherrimus (Cope, 1874)

Type locality: “Western side of Central America”.

Holotype: ANSP 14688, 5199.

Synonyms

• Masticophis pulcherrimus Cope, 1874: 65
• Zamenis pulcherrimus — Boulenger, 1893: 392
• Zamenis bitaeniatus Boettger, 1898: 42
• Leptodrymus clarki Amaral, 1927: 29
• Leptodrymus pulcherrimus - Dunn, 1931: 163
• Salvadora pulcherrimus - Bogert, 1939 (fide Villa et al., 1988)
• Leptodrymus pulcherrimus — Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970: 156

References

• Cope, E.D. 1874. Description of some species of reptiles obtained by Dr. John F. Bransford, Assistant Surgeon United States Navy, while attached to the Nicaraguan surveying Expedition in 1873. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 26: 64–72.
• Amaral, A. D. 1927. Studies of neotropical ophidia VI. A new genus of snakes from Honduras. Bulletin of the Antivenin Institute of America 1 (1): 28–29.
• Peters, James A.; Donoso-Barros, Roberto & Orejas-Miranda, Braulio 1970. Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata: Part I Snakes. Part II Lizards and Amphisbaenians. Bull. US nation. Mus., Washington, 297: 347 pp.
• Leptodrymus pulcherrimus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 sep 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Striped Lowland Snake