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Siphlophis compressus

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Siphlophis compressus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Siphlophis
Species:
S. compressus
Binomial name
Siphlophis compressus
(Daudin, 1803)
Synonyms

Tripanurgos compressus Daudin, 1803

Siphlophis compressus the tropical flat snake, is a snake found in tropical Central and South America and Trinidad and Tobago. It feeds on small lizards, other snakes, small mammals[2] and probably on frogs and nestling birds, as well as the eggs of nesting birds and lizards.[2]

References

  1. ^ Embert, D.; Martins, M.R.C.; Rivas, G.; Stafford, P.; Gonzales, L.; Gagliardi, G.; Catenazzi, A.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Murphy, J.; Acosta Chaves, V.; García Rodríguez, A.; Batista, A.; Cisneros-Heredia, D.F.; Saborío, G.; Vargas Álvarez, J. (2019). "Siphlophis compressus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T177499A1489242. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T177499A1489242.en. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Siphlophis compressus (Tropical Flat Snake)" (PDF). Sta.uwi.edu. Retrieved 31 May 2022.

Bibliography

Boos, Hans E.A. (2001). The snakes of Trinidad and Tobago. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX. ISBN 1-58544-116-3.