Leptophis modestus

Leptophis modestus

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: Leptophis
Species: Leptophis modestus

Name

Leptophis modestus (Günther, 1872)

Synonyms

• Ahaetulla modesta Günther, 1872: 26
• Leptophis modestus — Boulenger, 1894: 107
• Leptophis mexicanus mexicanus — Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970: 164
• Leptophis modestus - Villa et al., 1988
• Leptophis modestus — Liner, 1994
• Leptophis modestus — Liner, 2007

References

• Günther, A. 1872. Seventh account of new species of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 9: 13–37.
• Boulenger, George A. 1894. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. British Mus. (Nat. Hist.), London, xi, 382 pp.
• McCranie J. R.; Wilson L. D. 1993. Leptophis modestus (Gunther). Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 578 1993: 1–2.
• Leptophis modestus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 sep 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Cloud Forest Parrot Snake