Leptodeira

Leptodeira is a genus of colubrid snakes commonly referred to as cat-eyed snakes. The genus consists of 13 species that are native to primarily Mexico and Central America, but range as far north as the southern tip of Texas in United States and as far south as Argentina in South America.

Leptodeira
Northern cat-eyed snake (Leptodeira septentrionalis), in Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Dipsadinae
Genus: Leptodeira
Fitzinger, 1843
Species

See text

Synonyms

Coluber, Dipsas, Eteirodipsas, Leptodira, Sibon[1]

Species and subspecies

The following species and subspecies are recognized as being valid.[2]

  • Leptodeira annulata (Linnaeus, 1758) – banded cat-eyed snake
    • Leptodeira annulata annulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
    • Leptodeira annulata pulchriceps Duellman, 1958
  • Leptodeira ashmeadii (Hallowell, 1845)
  • Leptodeira bakeri Ruthven, 1936 – Baker's cat-eyed snake[3]
  • 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 maculata (Hallowell, 1861) – southwestern cat-eyed snake
  • Leptodeira nigrofasciata Günther, 1868 – black-banded cat-eyed snake
  • Leptodeira polysticta (Günther, 1895)
  • 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 uribei Bautista & H.M. Smith, 1992

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
  1. Wright AH, Wright AA (1957). Handbook of Snakes of the United States and Canada. Ithaca and London: Comstock. 1,105 pp. (in 2 volumes). (Genus Leptodeira, p. 415).
  2. Genus Leptodeira at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leptodeira bakeri, p. 15).

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).


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