Leptophis stimsoni

Leptophis stimsoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Colubrinae
Genus: Leptophis
Species: L. stimsoni
Binomial name
Leptophis stimsoni
Harding, 1995

Leptophis stimsoni, commonly known as the grey lora, is a small species of colubrid snake which is endemic to Trinidad and Tobago. It is known from only three specimens, all of which were collected in montane forests in the Northern Range.[1]

Etymology

The specific name, stimsoni, is in honor of British herpetologist Andrew Francis Stimson.[2]

References

  1. Boos, Hans E.A. (2001). The Snakes of Trinidad and Tobago. Texas A & M University Press, College Station, Texas. pp. 1–328. ISBN 1-58544-116-3.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins; Michael Grayson. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press. Baltimore. 312 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leptophis stimsoni, p. 254.)

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