Northern cat-eyed snake (Leptodeira septentrionalis) Description
English: Leptodeira septentronalis (Northern cat-eye snake) spotted on a night walk in the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. (Our guide told us that they feed on the red-eyed tree frog (Agalychnis callidryas) and its eggs, and quickly found such a frog nearby.)
Date 4 July 2008
Source Own work
Author Steven G. Johnson https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Stevenj
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leptodiera_septentrionalis,_Costa_Rica_-_zoomed.JPG
The northern cat-eyed snake (Leptodeira septentrionalis) is a species of snake belonging to the genus Leptodeira. Its area of ​​distribution includes the southern United States (South Texas), Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and northern Peru. Order: Squamata, Family: Colubridae.
Synonyms:
Dipsas septentrionalis Kennicott, 1859
Comastes ornatus Bocourt, 1884
Leptodeira septentrionalis ornata (Bocourt, 1884)
Leptodeira dunckeri Werner, 1913
Leptodeira larcorum Schmidt & Walker, 1943
Leptodeira septentrionalis larcorum Schmidt & Walker, 1943
