Leptodeira Explained

Leptodeira is a genus of colubrid snakes commonly referred to as cat-eyed snakes. The genus consists of 18 species that are native to primarily Mexico and Central America, but range as far north as the Rio Grande Valley region of Texas in United States and as far south as Argentina in South America.

Species and subspecies

The following species and subspecies are recognized as being valid.^{[1] [2]}

• Leptodeira annulata – banded cat-eyed snake
• Leptodeira approximans
• Leptodeira ashmeadii - banded cat-eyed snake
• Leptodeira bakeri – Baker's cat-eyed snake^[3]
• Leptodeira frenata – rainforest cat-eyed snake
  • Leptodeira frenata frenata
  • Leptodeira frenata malleisi
  • Leptodeira frenata yucatanensis
• Leptodeira larcorum
• Leptodeira maculata – southwestern cat-eyed snake
• Leptodeira misinawui
• Leptodeira nigrofasciata – black-banded cat-eyed snake
• Leptodeira ornata - northern cat-eyed snake
• Leptodeira pulchriceps
• Leptodeira punctata – western cat-eyed snake
• Leptodeira rhombifera
• Leptodeira rubricata – Costa Rican cat-eyed snake
• Leptodeira septentrionalis – northern cat-eyed snake
• Leptodeira splendida – splendid cat-eyed snake
  • Leptodeira splendida bressoni
  • Leptodeira splendida ephippiata
  • Leptodeira splendida splendida
• Leptodeira tarairiu
• Leptodeira uribei - Uribe's cat-eyed snake, Uribe's false cat-eyed snake

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.

External links

• • https://serpientesdevenezuela.org/leptodeira-ashmeadii/
• https://serpientesdevenezuela.org/leptodeira-bakeri/

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. . (Genus Leptodeira, pp. 75, 100–101, 133 + photograph on p. 55).

Notes and References

1. . www.reptile-database.org.
2. Torres-Carvajal. Omar. Sánchez-Nivicela. Juan C.. Posse. Valentina. Celi. Elvis. Koch. Claudia. 2020-12-16. A new species of cat-eyed snake (Serpentes: Dipsadinae: Leptodeirini) from the Andes of southern Ecuador. Zootaxa. en. 4895. 3. 357–380. 10.11646/zootaxa.4895.3.3. 33756892 . 230590828 . 1175-5334.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Leptodeira bakeri, p. 15).