''Leptophis urostictus'' is a
species of nonvenomous snake in the
family Colubridae
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 ...
. It is found in
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
.
[. www.reptile-database.org.]
References
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Leptophis
Reptiles of Colombia
Endemic fauna of Colombia
Reptiles described in 1873
Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters