Mastigodryas boddaerti

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Machete Couesse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Mastigodryas
Species: M. boddaerti
Binomial name
Mastigodryas boddaerti
(Sentzen, 1796)

Mastigodryas boddaerti, the Machete Couesse is a snake found in tropical South America and Trinidad and Tobago. It feeds on young birds, lizards and mice.

[edit] References

Boos, Hans E.A. (2001). The snakes of Trinidad and Tobago. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX.. ISBN 1-58544-116-3.