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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Olive Forest Racer
Portuguese: Boicipó, Caçadora, Cobra-Cipó 
SynonymHerpetodryas dendrophis SCHLEGEL 1837: 196
Dendrophidion dendrophis — FITZINGER 1843: 26
Herpetodryas aestivus BERTHOLD 1847: 11
Herpetodryas Poitei DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 208
Drymobius dendrophis — BOULENGER 1894: 15
Drymobius dendrophis — AMARAL 1925
Drymobius dendrophis — SCHMIDT & WALKER 1943: 280
Dendrophidion dendrophis — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 80
Dendrophidion dendrophis — GASC & RODRIGUES 1980
Dendrophidion dendrophis — KORNACKER 1999: 76
Dendrophidion dendrophis — WHITHWORTH & BEIRNE 2011
Dendrophidion dendrophis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 225
Dendrophidion dendrophis — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 
DistributionColombia [Castro,F. (pers. comm.)], Ecuador, Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolivar), Peru,
Bolivia (Beni), Brazil (Alagoas [HR 30: 53], Pará), French Guiana; elevation 150-1000 m

Type locality: “Cayena” [= Cayenne, French Guiana]  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesType: BMNH 1946.1.12.98 (and possibly additional specimens). Other specimens: USNM 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (984 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy partly that of PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970, who also synonymized Herpetodryas nuchalis PETERS 1863 with D. dendrophis, an opinion that Günther 1863 already expressed.

Type: location unknown fide PETERS 1960.

Type species: Herpetodryas dendrophis SCHLEGEL 1837 is the type species of the genus Dendrophidion FITZINGER 1843. 
EtymologyNamed after Greek dendron (δένδρον), tree + Greek ophis, (ὄφις), a serpent, snake. (Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., April 2024)

The genus was named after Greek dendron (δένδρον), tree + Greek ophidion (ὀφίδιον), dim. of ὄφις, snake. 
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