| Drymobius melanotropis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Colubrinae |
| Genus: | Drymobius |
| Species: | D. melanotropis |
| Binomial name | |
| Drymobius melanotropis (Cope, 1876) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Dendrophidium melanotropis Cope, 1876 |
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Drymobius melanotropis, commonly known as the black forest racer, is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake native to the Americas.
It ranges through Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.
Drymobius melanotropis is green above, with black on the keels of the median three dorsal rows. The green color extends to the outer fourth of the ventral shields, and the center of the belly is yellow. Adults are about 1.25 m (50 in.) in length.[1]
Cope, E.D. 1876. On the Batrachia and Reptilia of Costa Rica with notes on the herpetology and ichthyology of Nicaragua and Peru. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia N.S. (2) 8: 93-154 [1875]