Leptodeira

Leptodeira
Northern cat-eyed snake (Leptodeira septentrionalis), in Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Dipsadinae
Genus:	Leptodeira Fitzinger, 1843
Species
See text
Synonyms
Coluber, Dipsas, Eteirodipsas, Leptodira, Sibon[1]

Leptodeira is a genus of colubrid snakes commonly referred to as cat-eyed snakes. The genus consists of 10 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.

Species

• Leptodeira annulata (Linnaeus, 1758) – banded cat-eyed snake
  • Leptodeira annulata annulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Leptodeira annulata ashmeadii (Hallowell, 1845)
  • Leptodeira annulata cussiliris Duellman, 1958
  • Leptodeira annulata pulchriceps Duellman, 1958
  • Leptodeira annulata rhombifera Günther, 1872
• Leptodeira bakeri Ruthven, 1936 – Baker's cat-eyed snake^[2]
• 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 punctata (W. Peters, 1866) – western cat-eyed snake
• Leptodeira rubricata (Cope, 1893) – Costa Rican cat-eyed snake
• Leptodeira septentrionalis Kennicott, 1859 – northern cat-eyed snake
  • Leptodeira septentrionalis ornata (Bocourt, 1884)
  • Leptodeira septentrionalis polysticta Günther, 1895
  • Leptodeira septentrionalis septentrionalis Kennicott, 1859
• 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, A.H., and A.A. Wright. 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. Beolens, B.; M. Watkins; M. Grayson. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leptodeira bakeri, p. 15).

External links

• Genus Leptodeira at The Reptile Database

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).