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Leptophis depressirostris (COPE, 1861)

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Cope's Parrot Snake 
SynonymPhilothamnus depressirostris COPE 1861: 557
Diplotropis bilineata GÜNTHER 1872: 24
Ahaetulla bilineata — COPE 1874
Leptophis aeruginosus COPE 1876: 132
Leptophis saturatus COPE 1876: 133
Hapsidophrys saturatus — COPE 1886: 279
Leptophis aeruginosus — BOULENGER 1894: 107
Leptophis depressirostris — BOULENGER 1894: 107
Leptophis saturatus — BOULENGER 1894: 110
Leptophis bilineatus — BOULENGER 1894: 111
Leptophis depressirostris — GAIGE 1937: 14
Thalerophis depressirostris — OLIVER 1948: 203
Thalaerophis depressirostris — OLIVER 1948 (fide VILLA et al. 1988)
Leptophis depressirostris — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 164
Leptophis depressirostris — LEHR 2002: 204
Leptophis depressirostris — SOLIS et al. 2014
Leptophis depressirostris — WALLACH et al. 2014: 373
Leptophis depressirostris — SUNYER & MARTÍNEZ-FONSECA 2023 
DistributionE Nicaragua, Honduras [HR 40: 456], Costa Rica, Panama,
W Colombia (incl. Valle del Cauca), W Ecuador, Peru.

Type locality: Cocuyas de Veraguas, New Grenada [= Cocuyas, Panama]  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ANSP 5207
Holotype: USNM 32563 [Leptophis saturatus]
Holotype: USNM 30684 [Leptophis aeruginosus] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (29 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy that of PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970.

Similar species: Oxybelis brevirostris.

Habitat: partly arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). 
EtymologyNamed after Latin depressa, flattened and Latin rostris, beack, snout. [“...Muzzle elongate, depressed, truncate...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) 
References
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