• Source: Dendrophidion

Dendrophidion is a genus of New World colubrid snakes commonly referred to as forest racers.




Geographic range


Species in the genus Dendrophidion range from southeastern Mexico to Bolivia.




Species


The following 15 species are recognized as being valid.

Dendrophidion apharocybe Cadle, 2012
Dendrophidion atlantica Freire, Caramaschi & Gonçalves, 2010 - Atlantic forest racer
Dendrophidion bivittatus (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – forest racer
Dendrophidion boshelli Dunn, 1944 – Boshell's forest racer
Dendrophidion brunneum (Günther, 1858) – Günther's forest racer
Dendrophidion clarkii Dunn, 1933 - Clark's forest racer
Dendrophidion crybelum Cadle, 2012
Dendrophidion dendrophis (Schlegel, 1837) – olive forest racer
Dendrophidion graciliverpa Cadle, 2012 - west Ecuadorian forest racer
Dendrophidion nuchale (W. Peters, 1863) – Peters's forest racer
Dendrophidion paucicarinatum (Cope, 1894) – Cope's forest racer
Dendrophidion percarinatum (Cope, 1893) – South American forest racer
Dendrophidion prolixum Cadle, 2012
Dendrophidion rufiterminorum Cadle & Savage, 2012
Dendrophidion vinitor H.M. Smith, 1941 – barred forest racer
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Dendrophidion.




References






Further reading


Fitzinger L (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp + indices. (Dendrophidion, new genus, p. 26). (in Latin).
Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Genus Dendrophidion, p. 93).
Goin CJ, Goin OB, Zug GR (1978). Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman. xi + 378 pp. ISBN 0-7167-0020-4. (Genus Dendrophidion, p. 324).




External links


Dendrophidion at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 July 2007.
Freire, Eliza Maria Xavier; Caramaschi, Ulisses [in French]; Gonçalves, Ubiratan (2010). "A new species of Dendrophidion (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Atlantic Rain Forest of Northeastern Brazil" (PDF excerpt). Zootaxa. 2719: 62–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2719.1.5. S2CID 92115203.

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Kolubrid
• Dendrophidion
• Dendrophidion percarinatum
• Dendrophidion apharocybe
• Dendrophidion atlantica
• Dendrophidion graciliverpa
• Dendrophidion rufiterminorum
• Dendrophidion crybelum
• Dendrophidion vinitor
• Dendrophidion dendrophis
• Dendrophidion bivittatus