Leptodrymus pulcherrimus

Leptodrymus pulcherrimus near Canas, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Leptodrymus
Species: Leptodrymus pulcherrimus

Name

Leptodrymus pulcherrimus (Cope, 1874)

• Syntypes: ANSP 14688, 5199.
• Type locality: “Western side of Central America”.

Combinations

• Masticophis pulcherrimus Cope, 1874: 65 [original combination]
• Zamenis pulcherrimus — Boulenger, 1893: 392 [subsequent combination]
• Leptodrymus pulcherrimus — Dunn, 1931: 163 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Zamenis bitaeniatus Boettger, 1898: 42
• Leptodrymus clarki Amaral, 1927: 29

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1874. Description of some species of reptiles obtained by Dr. John F. Bransford, Assistant Surgeon United States Navy, while attached to the Nicaraguan surveying Expedition in 1873. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 26: 64–72.
• Amaral, A. D. 1927. Studies of neotropical ophidia VI. A new genus of snakes from Honduras. Bulletin of the Antivenin Institute of America 1(1): 28–29.

Links

• Sunyer, J., Wilson, L.D. & Köhler , G. 2013. IUCN: Leptodrymus pulcherrimus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T190608A1954868. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T190608A1954868.en. Accessed on 15 May 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Striped Lowland Snake