Mastigodryas pleii (DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL, 1854)

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Plee's Tropical Racer
Synonym	Dromicus pleii DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 661 Herpetodryas quinquelineatus STEINDACHNER 1870: 340 Dromicus (Alsophis) maculivittis PETERS 1877: 458 Alsophis pulcher GARMAN 1887: 283 Dryadophis [pleei] — STUART 1939: 55 (by implication) Dryadophis pleei — STUART 1941: 53 Mastigodryas pleei — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 195 Dryadophis pleei — VILLA et al. 1988 Mastigodryas pleei — GORZULA & SEÑARIS 1999 Mastigodryas pleei — MONTIGNELLI & ZAHER 2011 Mastigodryas pleii — WALLACH et al. 2014: 430 Mastigodryas pleei — RAY & RUBACK 2015 Mastigodryas pleei — ACUÑA-VARGAS 2016 Mastigodryas pleei — MONTINGELLI et al. 2018 Mastigodryas pleei — MONTIGNELLI et al. 2019 Mastigodryas pleei — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 Mastigodryas pleei — BARRIO-AMORÓS et al. 2023
Distribution	Panama, Colombia (incl. Valle del Cauca), Venezuela (Mérida [Esqueda & La Marca 1999]), Margarita I, Testigos I, Brazil (Pará) Type locality: Venezuela
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Lectotype: MNHN-RA 3549, designated by Hoge & Lancini 1960: 61; Syntypes: MNHN-RA 1255, MNHN-RA 3549, and MNHN-RA 7355 (fide Stuart 1941: 53) Holotype: MCZ 6146 [Alsophis pulcher] Holotype: ZMB [maculivittis]
Diagnosis
Comment	Synonymy mainly after SUART 1941, PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970. Habitat: partly arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018).
Etymology	Named after Auguste Plée. However, the original spelling in D & B was “pleii”.
References	Acuña-Vargas, J. C. 2016. Anfibios y Reptiles asociados a cinco coberturas de la tierra, municipio de Dibulla, La Guajira, Colombia. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (n. s.), 32(2): 133-146 - get paper here Batista, A., Hertz, A., Ponce, M. and Lotzkat, S. 2020. Notes on amphibians and reptiles from western Panama Notes on amphibians and reptiles from western Panama. Herpetology Notes 13: 219-229. - get paper here Blanco-Torres, Argelina; Lina Báez S., Edgar Patiño-Flores, Juan M. Renjifo-R. 2013. Herpetofauna from the middle valley of the Ranchería river, La Guajira, Colombia. Rev. Biodivers. Neotrop. 3 (2): 113-22 - get paper here Castro-Herrera, F. & Vargas-Salinas, F. 2008. Anfibios y reptiles en el departamento del Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Biota Colombiana 9 (2): 251 - 277 - get paper here Castro-Herrera, F.; Bolívar-García, W. & Herrera-Montes, M.I. 2007. Guía de los Anfibios y Reptiles des Bosque de Yotoco, Valle deel Cauca, Colombia. 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