Leptodeira frenata
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Leptodeira |
| Species: | L. frenata
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| Leptodeira frenata (Cope, 1886)
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Leptodeira frenata, also known commonly as the Mayan cat-eyed snake and the rainforest cat-eyed snake, is a species of mildly venomous snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize. There are three recognized subspecies.[2]
Geographic range
[edit]Leptodeira frenata is found on the Atlantic slope from neotropical Mexico southward through Belize to northern Guatemala.[1]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of Leptodeira frenata is forest,[1] at altitudes of 150–450 m (490–1,480 ft).[2]
Behavior
[edit]Leptodeira frenata is terrestrial and partly arboreal.[1][2]
Venom
[edit]Leptodeira frenata is venomous. Bites to humans may cause intense pain, swelling, and bloody blisters.[2]
Subspecies
[edit]The following three subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]
- Leptodeira frenata frenata (Cope, 1886)
- Leptodeira frenata malleisi Dunn & Stuart, 1935
- Leptodeira frenata yucatanensis (Cope, 1887)
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Leptodeira.
Etymology
[edit]The subspecific name, malleisi, is in honor of ornithologist Harry Malleis (died 1931).[3]: 166
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Lee, J.; Calderón Mandujano, R. (2013). "Leptodeira frenata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T63835A3129951. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f Species Leptodeira frenata at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.
Further reading
[edit]- Cope, E.D. (1886). "Sibon frenatum, Cope, sp. nov.". p. 184. In: Ferrari-Pérez F (1886). "Catalogue of animals collected by the Geographical and Exploring Commission of the Republic of Mexico". Proceedings of the United States National Museum 9: 125–199. (Sibon frenatum, new species).
- Cope, E.D. (1887). "Catalogue of the Batrachia and Reptilia of Central America and Mexico". Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 32: 7–98. (Sibon annulatum yucatanensis, new subspecies, p. 67).
- Dunn, E.R.; Stuart, L.C. (1935). "A New Race of Leptodeira from Northern Central America". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (313): 1–3. (Leptodeira yucatanensis malleisi, new subspecies).
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