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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Leptodrymus
Species: L. pulcherrimus
Name

Leptodrymus Amaral, 1927

Type species: Masticophis pulcherrimus Cope, 1874

Leptodrymus pucherrimus

References

Amaral, A. D. 1927. Studies of neotropical ophidia VI. A new genus of snakes from Honduras. Bulletin of the Antivenin Institute of America 1 (1): 28–29.
Leptodrymus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 sep 2008.

Vernacular names
English: Striped Lowland Snakes

Leptodrymus is a genus of snake in the family Colubridae that contains the sole species Leptodrymus pulcherrimus.[2] It is known as the striped lowland snake[1][3] or green-headed racer.[4]
It is found throughout Central America, in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras.[1][3]
References
Sunyer, J.; Wilson, L.D.; Köhler , G. (2013). "Leptodrymus pulcherrimus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T190608A1954868. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T190608A1954868.en.
Leptodrymus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 December 2016.
Leptodrymus pulcherrimus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 December 2016.
Nalini M. Nadkarni; Nathaniel T. Wheelwright (9 March 2000). Monteverde: Ecology and Conservation of a Tropical Cloud Forest. Oxford University Press. p. 540. ISBN 978-0-19-977097-7.

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