Drymobius melanotropis

Drymobius melanotropis, commonly known as the black forest racer, is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake endemic to Central America.

Drymobius melanotropis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Drymobius
Species:
D. melanotropis
Binomial name
Drymobius melanotropis
(Cope, 1876)
Synonyms
  • Dendrophidium melanotropis
    Cope, 1876
  • Elaphis melanotropis — Cope, 1887
  • Coluber ? [sic] melanotropis
    — Boulenger, 1894
  • Drymobius melanotropis
    — Stuart, 1933
  • Drymobius melanotropis
    — J. Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970
  • Drymobius melanotropis
    — Villa et al., 1988[2]

Geographic range

It ranges through Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.

Description

Drymobius melanotropis is green above, with black on the keels of the median three dorsal rows. The green color extends to the outer fourth of the ventral shields, and the center of the belly is yellow. Adults are about 1.25 m (50 in.) in total length.[3]

References
  1. Vargas Álvarez, J., García Rodríguez, A., Batista, A. & Acosta Chaves, V. (2013). Drymobius melanotropis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T176798A1446650.en
  2. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Boulenger, G.A. (1894). "Coluber ? melanotropis", pp. 33-34 in Catalogue of Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. II.. British Museum. Taylor and Francis: London.

Further reading
  • Cope, E.D. 1876. On the Batrachia and Reptilia of Costa Rica. With Notes on the Herpetology and Ichthyology of Nicaragua and Peru. Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, series 2, 8 [1875]: 93-154. (Dendrophidium melanotropis, pp. 134–135.)
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