Leptodeira septentrionalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Dipsadinae
Genus: Leptodeira
Species: Leptodeira septentrionalis

Name

Leptodeira septentrionalis (Kennicott in Baird, 1859)

Lectotype: USNM 131739 (formerly SIM 2288), ♀. [designated by Smith & Taylor (1950: 361)]

Type locality: “Matamoras, Tam. [=Tamaulipas]; Brownsville, Tex. [=Texas]”, restricted by lectotype designation to “Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas” by Smith & Taylor (1950: 361).

Combinations

Dipsas septentrionalis Kennicott in Baird, 1859: 16 [original combination]
Sibon annulatum septentrionale — Cope, 1875: 38 [subsequent combination]
Leptodeira septentrionalis — Stejneger, 1891: 505 [subsequent combination]
Sibon septentrionale — Cope, 1892: 678 [subsequent combination]
Leptodeira annulata septentrionalis — Amaral, 1929: 78 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

Baird, S.F. 1859. Reptiles of the boundary, with notes by the naturalists of the survey. in United States and Mexican Boundary Survey, under the orders of Lieut. Col. W.H. Emory, Major First Cavalry, and United States Commissioner. Volume 2, Part 1. Government Printing Office, Washington. 36 pp. + 41 pls. BHL
Cope, E.D. 1875. Check-list of North American Batrachia and Reptilia, with a systematic list of the higher groups, and an essay on Geographic distribution: Serpentes: Based on the specimens in the U.S. National Museum. Government Printing Office: Washington. 104 pp. BHL
Stejneger, L. 1891. Notes on some North American snakes. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 14(876): 501–505. BHL
Cope, E.D. [1891] 1892. A critical review of the characters and variations of the snakes of North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 14: 589–694. BHL
Amaral, A. 1929. Estudos sobre ophidios neotropicos. XVIII - Lista remissiva dos ophidios da região neotropica. Memórias do Instituto Butantan 4: 1–271.

Links

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Leptodeira septentrionalis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 May 2018.
Bolívar, W., Chaves, G., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Daza, J., Flores-Villela, O., Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, P., Hammerson, G.A., Lamar, W., Porras, L.W., Renjifo, J., Rivas, G. & Wilson, L.D. 2017. IUCN: Leptodeira septentrionalis (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T197498A2490931. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T197498A2490931.en

Vernacular names

English: Northern Cat-eyed Snake