Leptophis mexicanus

Leptophis mexicanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Colubrinae
Genus:	Leptophis
Species:	L. mexicanus
Binomial name
Leptophis mexicanus A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
Synonyms
Leptophis mexicanus A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854 Ahætulla mexicana — Günther, 1858 Thrasops mexicanus — Cope, 1860 Hapsidophrys mexicanus — Cope, 1885[1] Thalerophis mexicanus — Oliver, 1948 Leptophis mexicanus — J. Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970[2]

Leptophis mexicanus, commonly known as the Mexican parrot snake, is a species of medium-sized slender snake of the Colubridae family. It is endemic to the Americas.

Geographic range

It can be found in Mexico and Central America, including Guatemala and Belize.

Subspecies

There are four recognized subspecies, including the nominate subspecies.

• L. m. hoeversi Henderson, 1976
• L. m. mexicanus A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
• L. m. septentrionalis Mertens, 1972
• L. m. yucatanensis Oliver, 1942

References

• 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.

1. Boulenger, G.A. 1894. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, Printers.) London. xi + 32 pp. + Plates I.- XX. ("Leptophis mexicanus", pp. 108-109.)
2. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

• Duméril, A.M.C., Gabriel Bibron and A[uguste] Dumeril. 1854. Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles, Tome septième. — Première partie. Roret. Paris. 780 pp. (Leptophis mexicanus, pp. 536-537.)

• Henderson, R.W. 1976. A New Insular Subspecies of the Colubrid Snake Leptophis mexicanus (Reptilia, Serpentes, Colubridae) from Belize. Journ. Herpetology 10 (4): 329-331. ("Leptophis mexicanus hoeversi subsp. nov.")

• Mertens, W. 1972. Eine neue Schlankatter der Gattung Leptophis aus Mexico. Senckenbergiana Biologica 53 (5-6): 341-342. (Leptophis mexicanus septentrionalis)

• Oliver, J.A. 1942. A check list of the snakes of the genus Leptophis, with descriptions of new forms. Occ. Papers Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan (462): 1-19. (Leptophis mexicanus yucatanensis, p. 10.)