Biology:Leptophis stimsoni

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Leptophis stimsoni
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Leptophis
Species:
L. stimsoni
Binomial name
Leptophis stimsoni
Harding, 1995

Leptophis stimsoni, commonly known as the grey lora or the Trinidad upland parrot snake, is a small species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.

Geographic range and habitat

L. stimsoni is known from only three specimens, all of which were collected in montane forests in the Northern Range on the Island of Trinidad,[2] at altitudes of 300–800 m (980–2,620 ft).[1]

Reproduction

L. stimsoni is oviparous.[3]

Etymology

The specific name, stimsoni, is in honor of United Kingdom herpetologist Andrew Francis Stimson.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Murphy J (2016). "Liophis stimsoni (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T203295A115349185. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T203295A2763399.en. Downloaded on 03 July 2020.
  2. Boos, Hans E.A. (2001). The Snakes of Trinidad and Tobago. College Station, Texas: Texas A & M University Press. pp. 1–328. ISBN 1-58544-116-3. 
  3. Species Leptophis stimsoni at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leptophis stimsoni, p. 254.)

Further reading

  • Harding, K.A. (1995). "A new species of tree snake of the genus Leptophis Bell 1825 from Mount Aripo, Trinidad". Tropical Zoology 8 (2): 221–226. (Leptophis stimsoni, new species, p. 222.)


Wikidata ☰ Q3006703 entry