Leptophis mexicanus

An adult Mexican parrot snake (Leptophis mexicanus) found in Quintana Roo, Mexico

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Leptophis
Species: Leptophis mexicanus
Subspecies: L. m. hoeversi – L. m. mexicanus – L. m. septentrionalis – L. m. yucatanensis

Name

Leptophis mexicanus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854

Type locality: Mexico.

Synonyms

• Leptophis mexicanus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 536
• Leptophis mexicanus — Boulenger, 1894: 108
• Leptophis mexicanus — Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970: 164
• Leptophis mexicanus — Liner, 1994

References

• Duméril, A.M.C., G. Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril 1854. Erpétologie générale ou Histoire Naturelle complète des Reptiles. Vol. 7 (partie 1). Paris, xvi + 780 S.
• Boulenger, George A. 1894. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. British Mus. (Nat. Hist.), London, xi, 382 pp.
• Liner, Ernest A. 2007. A CHECKLIST OF THE AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF MEXICO. Louisiana State University Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science 80: 1–60.
• Leptophis mexicanus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 sep 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Mexican Parrot Snake