Siphlophis compressus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Siphlophis |
Species: | S. compressus
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Binomial name | |
Siphlophis compressus (
Daudin, 1803)
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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]
Boos, Hans E.A. (2001). The snakes of Trinidad and Tobago. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX. ISBN 1-58544-116-3.