| Leptophis ahaetulla nigromarginatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Subclass: | Diapsida |
| Infraclass: | Lepidosauromorpha |
| Superorder: | Lepidosauria |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Superfamily: | Colubroidea |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Colubrinae |
| Genus: | Leptophis |
| Species: | Leptophis ahaetulla |
| Subspecies: | L. a. nigromarginatus |
| Trinomial name | |
| Leptophis ahaetulla nigromarginatus (Günther, 1866) |
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| Synonyms | |
Leptophis ahaetulla nigromarginatus, the Black-skinned Parrot Snake, is a snake of the colubrid family.[3] It is one of 12 recognized subspecies of the Parrot Snake, Leptophis ahaetulla[4][5]
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It is found in the Amazon Rainforest in Peru.
L. a. nigromarginatus is a bright green, slender, medium-sized, snake. Adults are typically 60–100 cm in length. Black edges around the outer margin of each scale form a distinctive net-like pattern on the dorsal surface of the animal. The ventral surface has a metallic sheen, and may be green or rust-colored.
It is arboreal, living in dense brushy vegetation. It is found in secondary and primary forest.
Active during the daytime, sleeps in vegetation at night.
It feeds on lizards, frogs and small birds.