Mastigodryas Pulchriceps
''Mastigodryas pulchriceps '', Cope's tropical racer , is a species of snake found in Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru. References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3298093 Mastigodryas Reptiles described in 1868 Reptiles of Ecuador Reptiles of Colombia Reptiles of Peru Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope ...
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Edward Drinker Cope
Edward Drinker Cope (July 28, 1840 – April 12, 1897) was an American zoologist, paleontologist, comparative anatomist, herpetologist, and ichthyologist. Born to a wealthy Quaker family, Cope distinguished himself as a child prodigy interested in science; he published his first scientific paper at the age of 19. Though his father tried to raise Cope as a gentleman farmer, he eventually acquiesced to his son's scientific aspirations. Cope married his cousin and had one child; the family moved from Philadelphia to Haddonfield, New Jersey, although Cope would maintain a residence and museum in Philadelphia in his later years. Cope had little formal scientific training, and he eschewed a teaching position for field work. He made regular trips to the American West, prospecting in the 1870s and 1880s, often as a member of United States Geological Survey teams. A personal feud between Cope and paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh led to a period of intense fossil-finding competition ...
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