Leptophis ahaetulla

Leptophis ahaetulla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Leptophis
Species:
L. ahaetulla
Binomial name
Leptophis ahaetulla
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Coluber ahaetulla
    Linnaeus, 1758
  • Coluber filiformis
    Linnaeus, 1758
  • Coluber liocercus
    Wied, 1824
  • Leptophis ahaetulla
    — Bell, 1825
  • Ahaetulla liocercus
    — Gray, 1831
  • Dendrophis liocercus
    — Schlegel, 1837
  • Leptophis liocercus
    — A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron &
    A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
  • Thrasops ahaetulla
    — Cope, 1860
  • Ahaetulla ahaetulla
    — W. Peters, 1873
  • Leptophis ahaetulla
    — ICZN, 1958

Leptophis ahaetulla, commonly known as the lora or parrot snake, is a species of medium-sized slender snake of the family Colubridae. The species is native to Central America and northern South America.

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