Dendrophidion percarinatus

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: Dendrophidion
Species: Dendrophidion percarinatus
Name

Dendrophidion percarinatus (Cope, 1893)
Synonyms

Drymobius percarinatus Cope, 1893: 344
Dendrophidion percarinatus — Smith, 1941: 73
Dendrophidion percarinatus — Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970: 80
Dendrophidion percarinatum - Villa et al., 1988

References

Cope, E.D. 1893. Second addition to the knowledge of the Batrachia and Reptilia of Costa Rica. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 31: 333–347.
Smith, H.M. 1941. A new name for the Mexican snakes of the genus Dendrophidion. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 54: 73–76.
Nicholson, K.E., McCranie, J.R. & Köhler, G. 2000. Herpetofaunal expedition to Parque Nacional Patuca: a newly established park in Honduras. Herpetological Bulletin (72): 26–31. Full text. Reference page.
Dendrophidion percarinatus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 30 August 2008.

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Gekielte Waldnatter
English: South American Forest Racer

Dendrophidion is a genus of New World colubrid snakes commonly referred to as forest racers.[3]

Geographic range

Species in the genus Dendrophidion range from southeastern Mexico to Bolivia.[3]
Species

The following 15 species are recognized as being valid.[2][3]

Dendrophidion apharocybe Cadle, 2012
Dendrophidion atlantica Freire, Caramaschi & Gonçalves, 2010
Dendrophidion bivittatus (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – forest racer
Dendrophidion boshelli Dunn, 1944 – Boshell's forest racer
Dendrophidion brunneum (Günther, 1858) – Günther's forest racer
Dendrophidion clarkii Dunn, 1933
Dendrophidion crybelum Cadle, 2012
Dendrophidion dendrophis (Schlegel, 1837) – olive forest racer
Dendrophidion graciliverpa Cadle, 2012
Dendrophidion nuchale (W. Peters, 1863) – Peters' forest racer, pink-tailed forest racer
Dendrophidion paucicarinatum (Cope, 1894) – Cope's forest racer
Dendrophidion percarinatum (Cope, 1893) – South American forest racer
Dendrophidion prolixum Cadle, 2012
Dendrophidion rufiterminorum Cadle & Savage, 2012
Dendrophidion vinitor H.M. Smith, 1941 – barred forest racer

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Dendrophidion.
References

"Dendrophidion ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
"Dendrophidion ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Serpentes/colubroidea/colubridae/colubrinae.

"Dendrophidion ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.