Leptophis modestus (GÜNTHER, 1872)

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Cloud Forest Parrot Snake S: Ranera de Niebla
Synonym	Ahaetulla modesta GÜNTHER 1872: 26 Leptophis modestus — BOULENGER 1894: 107 Leptophis mexicanus mexicanus — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 164 Leptophis modestus — MERTENS 1973 Leptophis modestus — VILLA et al. 1988 Leptophis modestus — LINER 1994 Leptophis modestus — LINER 2007 Leptophis modestus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 374
Distribution	SE Mexico (Chiapas), Guatemala, Honduras (elevation 1890-2020 m), El Salvador
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Type: BMNH 1946.1.21.50 (and possibly additional specimens).
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1048 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Habitat: partly arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018).
Etymology	From the Latin modestē meaning modest.
References	Boulenger, George A. 1894. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. British Mus. (Nat. Hist.), London, xi, 382 pp. - get paper here Günther,A. 1872. Seventh account of new species of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 9: 13-37 - get paper here Harrington, Sean M; Jordyn M de Haan, Lindsey Shapiro, Sara Ruane 2018. Habits and characteristics of arboreal snakes worldwide: arboreality constrains body size but does not affect lineage diversification. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 125 (1): 61–71 - get paper here Heimes, P. 2016. Snakes of Mexico. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 572 pp Holm, Peter 1995. Leptophis modestus. Morphology. Herpetological Review 26 (1): 39 - get paper here Hoyt, D. L. 1964. The rediscovery of the snake Leptophis modestus. Copeia 1964 (1): 214-215. - get paper here Johnson, Jerry D.; Vicente Mata-Silva, Elí García Padilla, and Larry David Wilson 2015. The Herpetofauna of Chiapas, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (3): 272–329. - get paper here Laking AE, Solís JM, Brown T, Maddock ST, Burdekin O, Taylor P, Lonsdale G, Green SEW, Martin TE, Galdamez JR, Kolby JE, Erens J, Jocque M 2024. The amphibians and reptiles of Cusuco National Park, Northwest Honduras: updates from a long-term conservation programme. In: Lipińska M, Lopez-Selva MM, Sierra JM (Eds) Biodiversity research in Central America. Neotropical Biology and Conservation 19(2): 37-62 - get paper here Liner, Ernest A. 2007. A CHECKLIST OF THE AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF MEXICO. Louisiana State University Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science 80: 1-60 - get paper here McCranie J R 2011. The snakes of Honduras. SSAR, Salt Lake City, 725 pp. McCranie J R; Wilson L D 1993. Leptophis modestus (Gunther). Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 578: 1-2 - get paper here McCranie, James R. 2015. A checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Honduras, with additions, comments on taxonomy, some recent taxonomic decisions, and areas of further studies needed. Zootaxa 3931 (3): 352–386 - get paper here Mertens, R. 1973. Bemerkenswerte Schlanknattern der neotropischen Gattung Leptophis. Stud. Neotrop. Fauna 8: 141-154. - get paper here Solís, J. M., L. D. Wilson, and J. H. Townsend. 2014. An updated list of the amphibians and reptiles of Honduras, with comments on their nomenclature. Mesoamerican Herpetology 1: 123–144 - get paper here Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp. Williams, Kenneth L. 1966. A record of the snake Leptophis modestus from Mexico. Journal of the Ohio Herpetological Society 5 (3): 103-104 - get paper here Wilson, L. D., & MEYER, J. R. 1985. The Snakes of Honduras. 2d ed. Milwaukee Publ. Mus. Contrib. Biol. & Geol. No. 6, 150 pp. - get paper here Wilson, L.D. 1978. Two SNAKES, LEPTOPHIS MODESTUS AND PELAMIS PLATURUS, NEW TO THE HERPETOFAUNA OF HONDURAS. Herpetological Review 9 (2): 63-64 - get paper here Wilson, L.D. & McCranie, J.R. 2003. The herpetofauna of the cloud forests of Honduras. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 3 (1): 34-48 - get paper here
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