Dendrophidion

Dendrophidion is a genus of New World colubrid snakes commonly referred to as forest racers.[3]

Dendrophidion
Dendrophidion percarinatum,
South American forest racer
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Colubrinae
Genus: Dendrophidion
Fitzinger, 1843[1][2]
Species

See text

Geographic range

Species in the genus Dendrophidion range from southeastern Mexico to Bolivia.[3]

Species

The following 15 species are recognized as being valid.[2][3]

  • Dendrophidion apharocybe Cadle, 2012
  • Dendrophidion atlantica Freire, Caramaschi & Gonçalves, 2010
  • Dendrophidion bivittatus (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – forest racer
  • Dendrophidion boshelli Dunn, 1944 – Boshell's forest racer
  • Dendrophidion brunneum (Günther, 1858) – Günther's forest racer
  • Dendrophidion clarkii Dunn, 1933
  • Dendrophidion crybelum Cadle, 2012
  • Dendrophidion dendrophis (Schlegel, 1837) – olive forest racer
  • Dendrophidion graciliverpa Cadle, 2012
  • Dendrophidion nuchale (W. Peters, 1863) – Peters' forest racer, pink-tailed forest racer
  • Dendrophidion paucicarinatum (Cope, 1894) – Cope's forest racer
  • Dendrophidion percarinatum (Cope, 1893) – South American forest racer
  • Dendrophidion prolixum Cadle, 2012
  • Dendrophidion rufiterminorum Cadle & Savage, 2012
  • Dendrophidion vinitor H.M. Smith, 1941 – barred forest racer

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Dendrophidion.

References
  1. "Dendrophidion ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
  2. "Dendrophidion ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Serpentes/colubroidea/colubridae/colubrinae.
  3. "Dendrophidion ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading
  • Fitzinger L (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp + indices. (Dendrophidion, new genus, p. 26). (in Latin).
  • Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Genus Dendrophidion, p. 93).
  • Goin CJ, Goin OB, Zug GR (1978). Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman. xi + 378 pp. ISBN 0-7167-0020-4. (Genus Dendrophidion, p. 324).


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.