''Dendrophidion'' is a
genus
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of
New World
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colubrid
Colubridae (, commonly known as colubrids , from la, coluber, 'snake') is a family of snakes. With 249 genera, it is the largest snake family. The earliest species of the family date back to the Oligocene epoch. Colubrid snakes are found on ever ...
snakes commonly referred to as forest racers.
Geographic range
Species
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in the genus ''Dendrophidion'' range from southeastern
Mexico
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to
Bolivia
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.
Species
The following 15 species are recognized as being valid.
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Dendrophidion apharocybe
''Dendrophidion'' is a genus of New World colubrid snakes commonly referred to as forest racers.
Geographic range
Species in the genus ''Dendrophidion'' range from southeastern Mexico to Bolivia.
Species
The following 15 species are recognized ...
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Cadle, 2012
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Dendrophidion atlantica''
Freire, Caramaschi & Gonçalves
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Dendrophidion bivittatus''
( A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron
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& A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – forest racer
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Dendrophidion boshelli
''Dendrophidion'' is a genus of New World colubrid snakes commonly referred to as forest racers.
Geographic range
Species in the genus ''Dendrophidion'' range from southeastern Mexico to Bolivia.
Species
The following 15 species are recognized ...
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Dunn, 1944 –
Boshell's forest racer
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Dendrophidion brunneum
''Dendrophidion'' is a genus of New World colubrid snakes commonly referred to as forest racers.
Geographic range
Species in the genus ''Dendrophidion'' range from southeastern Mexico to Bolivia.
Species
The following 15 species are recognized ...
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( Günther, 1858) – Günther's forest racer
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Dendrophidion clarkii''
Dunn, 1933
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Dendrophidion crybelum''
Cadle, 2012
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Dendrophidion dendrophis''
( Schlegel, 1837) – olive forest racer
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Dendrophidion graciliverpa''
Cadle, 2012
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Dendrophidion nuchale''
( W. Peters, 1863) – Peters' forest racer, pink-tailed forest racer
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Dendrophidion paucicarinatum''
( Cope, 1894) – Cope's forest racer
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Dendrophidion percarinatum''
(Cope, 1893) – South American forest racer
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Dendrophidion prolixum''
Cadle, 2012
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Dendrophidion rufiterminorum''
Cadle & Savage
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, 2012
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Dendrophidion vinitor''
H.M. Smith, 1941 – barred forest racer
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Nota bene
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binomial authority
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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Dendrophidion''.
References
Further reading
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Fitzinger L (1843). ''Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae''. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp + indices. (''Dendrophidion'', new genus, p. 26). (in
Latin
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).
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Freiberg M (1982). ''Snakes of South America''. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. . (Genus ''Dendrophidion'', p. 93).
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Goin CJ, Goin OB,
Zug GR (1978). ''Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition''. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman. xi + 378 pp. . (Genus ''Dendrophidion'', p. 324).
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Colubrids
Snake genera
Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger
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