''Dendrophidion'' is a
genus
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of
New World
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colubrid
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snakes commonly referred to as forest racers.
Geographic range
Species
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in the genus ''Dendrophidion'' range from southeastern
Mexico
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to
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.
Species
The following 15 species are recognized as being valid.
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Dendrophidion apharocybe''
Cadle, 2012
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Dendrophidion atlantica''
Freire, Caramaschi & Gonçalves
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, 2010 - Atlantic forest racer
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Dendrophidion bivittatus''
(A.M.C. Duméril
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, Bibron
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& A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – forest racer
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Dendrophidion boshelli''
Dunn, 1944 –
Boshell's forest racer
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Dendrophidion brunneum''
( Günther, 1858) – Günther's forest racer
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Dendrophidion clarkii''
Dunn, 1933 - Clark's forest racer
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Dendrophidion crybelum''
Cadle, 2012
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Dendrophidion dendrophis
''Dendrophidion dendrophis'', also known by its common name olive forest racer, is a species of snake from the genus ''Dendrophidion
''Dendrophidion'' is a genus of New World colubrid snakes commonly referred to as forest racers.
Geographic r ...
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(Schlegel
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, 1837) – olive forest racer
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Dendrophidion graciliverpa''
Cadle, 2012 - west Ecuadorian forest racer
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Dendrophidion nuchale''
( W. Peters, 1863) – Peters's forest racer
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Dendrophidion paucicarinatum''
(Cope
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, 1894) – Cope's forest racer
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Dendrophidion percarinatum''
(Cope, 1893) – South American forest racer
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Dendrophidion prolixum''
Cadle, 2012
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Dendrophidion rufiterminorum''
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Dendrophidion vinitor
''Dendrophidion vinitor'', the barred forest racer, is a species of non-venomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is found in Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala
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H.M. Smith, 1941 – barred forest racer
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binomial authority
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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Dendrophidion''.
References
Further reading
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Fitzinger L (1843). ''Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae''. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp + indices. (''Dendrophidion'', new genus, p. 26). (in
Latin
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Freiberg M (1982). ''Snakes of South America''. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. . (Genus ''Dendrophidion'', p. 93).
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Goin CJ, Goin OB,
Zug GR (1978). ''Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition''. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman. xi + 378 pp. . (Genus ''Dendrophidion'', p. 324).
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Dendrophidion
Snake genera
Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger
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