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Leptophis ahaetulla  (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 209474

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Coluber ahaetulla Linnaeus, 1758
  
  Common Name(s): Culebra-perico verde [Spanish]
  
    Giant Parrot Snake [English]
  
    Parrot Snake [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758 – Snakes, cobra, serpente, serpents  
                               InfraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923  
                                  FamilyColubridae Oppel, 1811 – Colubrids, Typical Snakes  
                                     SubfamilyColubrinae Oppel, 1811  
                                        GenusLeptophis Bell, 1825  
                                           SpeciesLeptophis ahaetulla (Linnaeus, 1758) – Culebra-perico verde, Giant Parrot Snake, Parrot Snake  
    Direct Children:  
                                              SubspeciesLeptophis ahaetulla ahaetulla (Linnaeus, 1758)  
                                              SubspeciesLeptophis ahaetulla bocourti Boulenger, 1898  
                                              SubspeciesLeptophis ahaetulla bolivianus Oliver, 1942  
                                              SubspeciesLeptophis ahaetulla chocoensis Oliver, 1942  
                                              SubspeciesLeptophis ahaetulla liocercus (Wied-Neuwied, 1824)  
                                              SubspeciesLeptophis ahaetulla marginatus (Cope, 1862)  
                                              SubspeciesLeptophis ahaetulla nigromarginatus (Günther, 1866)  
                                              SubspeciesLeptophis ahaetulla occidentalis (Günther, 1859)  
                                              SubspeciesLeptophis ahaetulla ortonii Cope, 1876  
                                              SubspeciesLeptophis ahaetulla praestans (Cope, 1868)  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Peter Uetz   
  Notes: Associate Professor, CSBC   
  Reference for: Leptophis ahaetulla    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Leptophis ahaetulla   
       
  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2001   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Culebra-perico verde[Spanish]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Leptophis ahaetulla   
       
  Source: Reptile Database (2017), website (version 24-Dec-16)  
  Acquired: 2017   
  Notes: Uetz, P. & Jirí Hosek (eds.), The Reptile Database, (http://www.reptile-database.org)   
  Reference for: Leptophis ahaetulla, Giant Parrot Snake [English], Parrot Snake [English]   
       
  Source: Snake Species of the World, vol. undetermined, manuscript (version 2004)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: Working manuscript of follow-up volumes to McDiarmid et al. (1999), "Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1"   
  Reference for: Leptophis ahaetulla   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.   
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title: Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17   
  Page(s): iv + 73   
  Publisher: Carnegie Museum of Natural History   
  Publication Place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-911239-42-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Leptophis ahaetulla   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Peters, J. A., and B. Orejas-Miranda   
  Publication Date: 1986   
  Article/Chapter Title: Snakes - Part 1. Revised edition with new material by P. E. Vanzolini   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata   
  Page(s): 1-347   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-87474-757-0   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Leptophis ahaetulla   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Middle America  
    South America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

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