Report on two Checkerbelly Snakes, Siphlophis cervinus from Trinidad, West Indies

Authors

  • Mike G. Rutherford University of the West Indies Zoology Museum, Department of Life Sciences (DLS), Faculty of Science and Technology (FST), University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago

Abstract

The Checkerbelly Snake, Siphlophis cervinus (Laurenti 1768) is a comparatively rare snake found throughout northern South America from Panama down to Bolivia and across to Brazil. It is also present in Trinidad but with very few specimens having been encountered (Murphy 1997; Boos 2001).

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Published

2013-12-31

Issue

Living World 2013

Section

Nature Notes