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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classSquamata
  4. ›familyColubridae
  5. ›genusClelia
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Mexican Snake Eater

Clelia scytalina (Cope, 1867)

Also calledColubro mangiaserpenti messicano (ita) · Culebra arroyera (spa) · Culebra-viborera mexicana (spa) · Culebrera Mexicana (spa) · Zopilota de altura (spa) · culebra viborera mexicana (spa)

First described in: Cope, E. D. Fifth contribution lo the herpetology of tropical America.

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5223235.