Dendrophidion
Genus of snakes
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Dendrophidion is a genus of New World colubrid snakes commonly referred to as forest racers.[3]
| Dendrophidion | |
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| Dendrophidion percarinatum, South American forest racer | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Colubrinae |
| Genus: | Dendrophidion Fitzinger, 1843[1][2] |
| Species | |
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Geographic range
Species
The following 15 species are recognized as being valid.[2][3]
- Dendrophidion apharocybe Cadle, 2012
- Dendrophidion atlantica Freire, Caramaschi & Gonçalves, 2010 - Atlantic forest racer
- Dendrophidion bivittatus (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – forest racer
- Dendrophidion boshelli Dunn, 1944 – Boshell's forest racer
- Dendrophidion brunneum (Günther, 1858) – Günther's forest racer
- Dendrophidion clarkii Dunn, 1933 - Clark's forest racer
- Dendrophidion crybelum Cadle, 2012
- Dendrophidion dendrophis (Schlegel, 1837) – olive forest racer
- Dendrophidion graciliverpa Cadle, 2012 - west Ecuadorian forest racer
- Dendrophidion nuchale (W. Peters, 1863) – Peters's forest racer
- Dendrophidion paucicarinatum (Cope, 1894) – Cope's forest racer
- Dendrophidion percarinatum (Cope, 1893) – South American forest racer
- Dendrophidion prolixum Cadle, 2012
- Dendrophidion rufiterminorum Cadle & Savage, 2012
- Dendrophidion vinitor H.M. Smith, 1941 – barred forest racer
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Dendrophidion.
