- Drymobius melanotropis
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Drymobius melanotropis 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Colubridae Subfamily: Colubrinae Genus: Drymobius Species: D. melanotropis Binomial name Drymobius melanotropis
(Cope, 1876)Synonyms Dendrophidium melanotropis Cope, 1876
Elaphis melanotropis - Cope, 1887
Drymobius melanotropis - Stuart, 1933
Drymobius melanotropis - Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970
Drymobius melanotropis - Villa et al., 1988Drymobius melanotropis, commonly known as the black forest racer, is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake native to the Americas.
Geographic range
It ranges through Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.
Description
Drymobius melanotropis is green above, with black on the keels of the median three dorsal rows. The green color extends to the outer fourth of the ventral shields, and the center of the belly is yellow. Adults are about 1.25 m (50 in.) in length.[1]
References
- ^ Boulenger, G.A. 1894. Catalogue of Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) Vol. II. London.
Cope, E.D. 1876. On the Batrachia and Reptilia of Costa Rica with notes on the herpetology and ichthyology of Nicaragua and Peru. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia N.S. (2) 8: 93-154 [1875]
- Species Drymobius melanotropis at The Reptile Database
Categories:- Colubrids
- Animals described in 1876
- Reptiles of Central America
- Reptiles of Mexico
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