Leptophis stimsoni

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 stimsoni

Name

Leptophis stimsoni Harding, 1995: 22

• Holotype: BMNH 1940.3.11.84, juvenile ♂, collected by Ivan T. Sanderson in 1937.
• Type locality: “from an epiphyte growing at the top of a tree (about 9 m above the ground) on Mount Aripo, Northern Range, Trinidad, altitude about 914 m”.

References

Primary references

• Harding, K.A. 1995. A new species of tree snake of the genus Leptophis Bell 1825 from Mount Aripo, Trinidad. Tropical Zoology 8(2): 221–226. DOI: 10.1080/03946975.1995.10539282 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Leptophis stimsoni. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 4 May 2022.
• Murphy, J. 2016. IUCN: Leptophis stimsoni  (Least Concern) (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T203295A115349185. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T203295A2763399.en. Accessed on 04 May 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Mount Aripo Parrot Snake