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Leptophis praestans

Leptophis praestans (Cope, 1868)

This species is in the Catalogue of Life but not yet in the 2023 GBIF backbone or on iNaturalist: most likely it was described, or split from another species, very recently. What is known so far is below.

Recorded from
Belize, Mexico (C Veracruz southward through the Yucatán Peninsula), Guatemala, Honduras
Also published as
Leptophis maximus Weller, 1930; Thrasops (Ahaetulla) sargii Fischer, 1881; Thrasops praestans Cope, 1868
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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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References

  • Lee, J. C. (2000). A field guide to the amphibians and reptiles of the Maya world. Cornell University Press, Ithaca,.
  • Gonzalez R. C. et al. (2020). Lista dos Nomes Populares dos Répteis no Brasil – Primeira Versão. Herpetologia Brasileira 9 (2): 121 – 214.
  • Bellini, G. P., & Vanesa Arzamendia and Alejandro Raúl Giraudo. (2019). Reproductive life history of snakes in temperate regions: what are the differences between oviparous and viviparous species? Amphibia-Reptilia 40 (3): 291–303.
  • Beebe, & William. (1946). Field notes on the snakes of Kartabo, British Guiana, and Caripito, Venezuela. Zoologica 31: 11-52.
  • Oliveira Lula Salles, R. de; Weber, L.N. & Silva-Soares, T. (2010). Reptiles, Squamata, Parque Natural Municipal da Taquara, municipality of Duque de Caxias, state of Rio de Janeiro, Southeastern Brazil. Check List 6 (2): 280-286.
  • Bell, T. (1825). On Leptophina, a group of serpents comprising the Genus Drynus of Merrem, and a newly formed Genus proposed to be named Leptophis. The Zoological Journal, 2: 322-329.

From the Catalogue of Life (catalogueoflife.org), compiled from its specialist databases; CC BY 4.0. This name in the Catalogue of Life.