Species of snake
Leptophis ahaetulla
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Squamata
Suborder:
Serpentes
Family:
Colubridae
Genus:
Leptophis
Species:
L. ahaetulla
Binomial name
Leptophis ahaetulla
Synonyms
Coluber ahaetulla Linnaeus, 1758
Coluber filiformis Linnaeus, 1758
Coluber liocercus Wied , 1824
Leptophis ahaetulla — Bell , 1825
Ahaetulla liocercus — Gray , 1831
Dendrophis liocercus — Schlegel , 1837
Leptophis liocercus — A.M.C. Duméril , Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril , 1854
Thrasops ahaetulla — Cope , 1860
Ahaetulla ahaetulla — W. Peters , 1873
Leptophis ahaetulla — ICZN , 1958 [ 2] [ 3]
Leptophis ahaetulla
Leptophis ahaetulla , commonly known as the lora or parrot snake , is a species of medium-sized slender snake of the family Colubridae .[ 4] The species is native to Central America and northern South America .[ 5]
^ Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, P.; Rivas, G.; Nogueira, C.; Gagliardi, G.; Catenazzi, A.; Gonzales, L. (2019). "Leptophis ahaetulla " . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 : e.T197499A2491090. doi :10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T197499A2491090.en . Retrieved 7 August 2024 .
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^ Boulenger, G.A. (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 , pp. 105-107; and Leptophis liocercus , pp. 113-114.)
^ Lawson, R. ; Slowinski, J.B. ; Crother, B.I. ; Burbrink, F.T. (2005). "Phylogeny of the Colubroidea (Serpentes): New evidence from mitochondrial and nuclear genes" (PDF) . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 37 (2): 581–601. doi :10.1016/j.ympev.2005.07.016 . PMID 16172004 . S2CID 2509713 . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-27.
^ Boos, Hans E.A. (2001). The Snakes of Trinidad and Tobago . College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 1-58544-116-3 .