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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Green Vinesnake, Green Vine Snake
G: Glanzspitznatter, Grüne Spitznatter
S: Bejuquilla Verde
Portuguese: Bicuda, Boitiaboia, Cobra-Bicuda, Cobra-Papagaio, Cobra-Cipó, Cobra-Flecha, Cobra-Papagaio Cobra-Verde, Paranaboia 
SynonymColuber fulgidus DAUDIN 1803: 352
Dryophis splendidus — WAGLER 1828 (plate X)
Dryophis fulgidus — WAGLER 1828 (text)
Dryiophis catesbyi SCHLEGEL 1837: 252
Oxybelis fulgidus — DUMÉRIL 1853: 487
Oxybelis fulgidus — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1854: 817
Oxybelis fulgida — BOETTGER 1894: 119
Oxybelis fulgidus — BOULENGER 1896: 191
Oxybelis fulgidus — BEEBE 1946: 36
Oxybelis fulgidus — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 228
Oxybelis fulgidus — GASC & RODRIGUES 1980
Oxybelis fulgidus — LINER 1994
Oxybelis fulgidus — GORZULA & SEÑARIS 1999
Oxybelis fulgidus — SAVAGE 2002
Oxybelis fulgidus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 516
Oxybelis fulgidus — MATA-SILVA et al. 2015
Oxybelis fulgidus — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019
Oxybelis fulgidus — MARTÍNEZ-FONSECA et al. 2024 
DistributionMexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Campeche, Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Guerrero, Veracruz etc.), Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras,
Belize, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama,
Colombia, Venezuela (Zulia [HR 31: 57]), Tobago, Ecuador, Brazil (Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Pará, Piaui), Peru, Bolivia (Beni, La Paz, Pando), Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana

Type locality: Surinam.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: unlocated, but supposedly in MNHN-RA (not located; I. Ineich, March 2019) 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1125 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentColor plate in VILLA et al. 1988.

Synonymy after PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970.

Habitat: fully arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). 
EtymologyFrom the Latin fulgidus meaning shining. 
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