Tripanurgos compressus

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Mapepire De Fe
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Tripanurgos
Species: T. compressus
Binomial name
Tripanurgos compressus
Daudin, 1803

Tripanurgos compressus, the Mapepire De Fe is a snake found in tropical South America and Trinidad and Tobago. It feeds on small lizards and probably on frogs and nestling birds.

[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.