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Mexican Parrot Snake

Leptophis mexicanus

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 47, February 61, March 78, April 74, May 75, June 99, July 102, August 101, September 74, October 84, November 56, December 48.
Mexico899
Quintana Roo441
Yucatan167
Campeche72
Costa Rica72
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave67
Provincia Guanacaste44
Tabasco32
Tamaulipas30
Chiapas27

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderSnakes and Lizards · Squamata
FamilyColubrid Snakes · Colubridae
GenusParrot Snakes · Leptophis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Mexican Parrot Snake with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.