• Source: Leptodeira

Leptodeira is a genus of colubrid snakes commonly referred to as cat-eyed snakes. The genus consists of 18 species that are native to primarily Mexico and Central America, but range as far north as the Rio Grande Valley region of Texas in United States and as far south as Argentina in South America.




Species and subspecies


The following species and subspecies are recognized as being valid.

Leptodeira annulata (Linnaeus, 1758) – banded cat-eyed snake
Leptodeira approximans (Günther, 1872)
Leptodeira ashmeadii (Hallowell, 1845) - banded cat-eyed snake
Leptodeira bakeri Ruthven, 1936 – Baker's cat-eyed snake
Leptodeira frenata (Cope, 1886) – rainforest cat-eyed snake
Leptodeira frenata frenata (Cope, 1886)
Leptodeira frenata malleisi Dunn & L. Stuart, 1935
Leptodeira frenata yucatanensis (Cope, 1887)
Leptodeira larcorum Schmidt & Walker, 1943
Leptodeira maculata (Hallowell, 1861) – southwestern cat-eyed snake
Leptodeira misinawui Torres-Carvajal, Sánchez-Nivicela, Posse, Celi & Koch, 2020
Leptodeira nigrofasciata Günther, 1868 – black-banded cat-eyed snake
Leptodeira ornata (Bocourt, 1884) - northern cat-eyed snake
Leptodeira pulchriceps (Duellman, 1958)
Leptodeira punctata (W. Peters, 1866) – western cat-eyed snake
Leptodeira rhombifera (Günther, 1872)
Leptodeira rubricata (Cope, 1893) – Costa Rican cat-eyed snake
Leptodeira septentrionalis Kennicott, 1859 – northern cat-eyed snake
Leptodeira splendida (Günther, 1895) – splendid cat-eyed snake
Leptodeira splendida bressoni Taylor, 1938
Leptodeira splendida ephippiata H.M. Smith & W. Tanner, 1944
Leptodeira splendida splendida (Günther, 1895)
Leptodeira tarairiu Costa, Graboski, Grazziotin, Zaher, Rodrigues, & Prudente,. 2022
Leptodeira uribei Bautista & H.M. Smith, 1992 - Uribe's cat-eyed snake, Uribe's false cat-eyed snake
Nota bene: In the above list, a binomial authority or trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species or subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Leptodeira.




References






External links



Genus Leptodeira at The Reptile Database
https://serpientesdevenezuela.org/leptodeira-ashmeadii/
https://serpientesdevenezuela.org/leptodeira-bakeri/




Further reading



Fitzinger L (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Leptodeira, new genus, p. 27). (in Latin).
Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Genus Leptodeira, pp. 75, 100–101, 133 + photograph on p. 55).

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Dipsadinae
• Leptodeira
• Leptodeira annulata
• Leptodeira bakeri
• Leptodeira septentrionalis
• Leptodeira rhombifera
• Leptodeira nigrofasciata
• Leptodeira approximans
• Leptodeira maculata
• Leptodeira ashmeadii
• Leptodeira uribei