Leptophis diplotropis

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Leptophis diplotropis
Leptophis diplotropis.jpg
Original illustration by G.H. Ford in Günther, 1872

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Leptophis
Species:
L. diplotropis
Binomial name
Leptophis diplotropis
(Günther, 1872)
Synonyms[2]
  • Ahætulla diplotropis
    Günther, 1872
  • Hapsidophrys diplotropis
    — Cope, 1886
  • Leptophis diplotropis
    — Boulenger, 1894

Leptophis diplotropis, commonly known as the Pacific Coast parrot snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.[3] The species is endemic to Mexico.[1]

Geographic range[]

The geographic range of L. diplotropis in Mexico extends from southwestern Chihuahua and southern Sonora to southeastern Oaxaca.

Subspecies[]

There are two recognized subspecies, including the nominate race.

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Leptophis.

Etymology[]

The subspecific name, forreri, is in honor of Alphonse Forrer (1836–1899), an English-born collecter of zoological specimens in Mexico for the British Museum.[4]

Habitat[]

L. diplotropis is found in tropical dry forest, semi-deciduous forest, mangrove forest, oak forest and wet forest, from sea level up to 1,600 m (5,200 ft). It is a highly adaptable species, which is also found in disturbed areas.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Ponce-Campos, P.; García Aguayo, A. (2007). "Leptophis diplotropis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63840A12721094. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63840A12721094.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I–XX. (Leptophis diplotropis, pp. 110–111).
  3. ^ "Leptophis diplotropis ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  4. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leptophis diplotropis forreri, p. 92).

Further reading[]

  • Günther A (1872). "Seventh Account of new Species of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Fourth Series 9: 13–37. ("Ahætulla diplotropis", new species, pp. 25–26 + Plate VI, figure A).
  • Smith HM (1943). "Summary of the Collections of snakes and crocodilians made in Mexico under the Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship". Proc. U.S. National Mus. 93 (3169): 393–504. ("Leptophis diplotropis forreri, new subspecies", p. 443).
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