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Continent: South-America
Distribution: Trinidad (Mount Aripo)
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Leptophis stimsoni

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Leptophis stimsoni, commonly known as the grey lora or the Trinidad upland parrot snake, is a small species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.

Geographic range and habitat

L. stimsoni is known from only three specimens, all of which were collected in montane forests in the Northern Range on the Island of Trinidad,[2] at altitudes of 300–800 m (980–2,620 ft).[1]

Reproduction

L. stimsoni is oviparous.[3]

Etymology

The specific name, stimsoni, is in honor of British herpetologist Andrew Francis Stimson.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Murphy J (2016). "Liophis stimsoni (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T203295A115349185. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T203295A2763399.en. Downloaded on 03 July 2020.
  2. ^ Boos, Hans E.A. (2001). The Snakes of Trinidad and Tobago. College Station, Texas: Texas A & M University Press. pp. 1–328. ISBN 1-58544-116-3.
  3. ^ Species Leptophis stimsoni at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  4. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leptophis stimsoni, p. 254.)
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Leptophis stimsoni: Brief Summary

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Leptophis stimsoni, commonly known as the grey lora or the Trinidad upland parrot snake, is a small species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.

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