Leptophis nebulosus Oliver, 1942 is a animal in the Colubridae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Leptophis nebulosus Oliver, 1942

Leptophis nebulosus Oliver, 1942

Leptophis nebulosus (Oliver's parrot snake) is a diurnal oviparous arboreal colubrid snake found in Central American forests.

Family
Genus
Leptophis
Order
Class
Squamata

About Leptophis nebulosus Oliver, 1942

Leptophis nebulosus, which is commonly called Oliver's parrot snake, is an arboreal snake species belonging to the family Colubridae. This species is distributed across Central America, specifically in Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Honduras. It inhabits moist, wet, and rainforest environments, where it lives an arboreal lifestyle within understory vegetation. Leptophis nebulosus is diurnal, and its diet consists of lizards and sleeping frogs. This species reproduces via oviparity.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Squamata Colubridae Leptophis

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