Leptophis riveti DESPAX, 1910
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Leptophis riveti
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | E: Despax's Parrot Snake |
| Synonym | Leptophis riveti DESPAX 1910: 368 Leptophis brevior BOULENGER 1914: 815 Thalerophis riveti — OLIVER 1948: 250 Leptophis riveti — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 164 Leptophis riveti — MERTENS 1973 Leptophis riveti — VILLA et al. 1988 Leptophis riveti — SAVAGE 2002: 672 Leptophis riveti — WALLACH et al. 2014: 374 |
| Distribution | Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador, Peru (Amazonas), W/N Colombia, Trinidad Type locality: Gualaquiza, Ecuador, 730 m elevation. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MNHN-RA 1906.0259 |
| Diagnosis | DIAGNOSIS: The distinctive pattern of dark green bands on a coppery ground color and uniform bronze venter are unique among Costa Rican snakes (Savage 2002: 672). DESCRIPTION: no loreal; 1 or 2 postoculars; 8 supralabials, with 2 bordering orbit; infralabials 9 to 11; usually 10; temporals variable, usually 1 + 2; keels usually present on all dorsal scale rows; prominent keels on two median caudal rows for most of tail length; anal divided; ventrals 133 to 155, angulate with a moderate keel; subcaudals 140 to 145; maxillary teeth 26 to 29. The retracted hemipenes are short (6 subcaudals long), without enlarged basal spines (Savage 2002: 672). Coloration: Dorsum bronze with narrow bright green bands; head green above; narrow preocular black stripe not reaching level of nostril; narrow postocular black stripe extending onto neck (fig. 11.41c); undersurfaces of body and tail bronze; iris yellow interrupted by median black bar (Savage 2002: 672). |
| Comment | Synonymy mainly after PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970. Habitat: partly arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). |
| Etymology | Named after Professor Dr. Paul Rivet (1876-1958), originally trained as a physician. He was on the second French Geodesic Mission to Ecuador (1901), staying until 1906. He became Director, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (1928), and founded Musee de l'Homme (1937). He went to Colombia, where he founded Instituto Colombiano de Antropologia e Historia (1942-1945). |
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