Siphlophis compressus

Siphlophis compressus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Dipsadidae
Genus: Siphlophis
Species: S. compressus
Binomial name
Siphlophis compressus
(Daudin, 1803)
Synonyms

Tripanurgos compressus Daudin, 1803

Siphlophis compressus (also known as mapepire de fe, tropical flat snake and red vine snake) is a snake found in tropical South America and Trinidad and Tobago. It feeds on small lizards and probably on frogs and nestling birds.

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. 


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