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Leptophis urostictus
Leptophis urostictus (Peters, 1873)
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
- Colombia
- Also published as
- Ahaetulla urosticta Peters, 1873; Leptophis occidentalis chocoensis Oliver, 1942
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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
- Bernal, R. (2025). Serpientes de Colombia-Guía de Campo. Serie de Guías Tropicales de Campo. 19: 396 Pp. Conservación Internacional Colombia, Bogotá.
- 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.
From the Catalogue of Life (catalogueoflife.org), compiled from its specialist databases; CC BY 4.0. This name in the Catalogue of Life.