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Cope's Parrot Snake

Leptophis depressirostris

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 Costa Rica.January 18, February 12, March 19, April 13, May 9, June 8, July 9, August 7, September 6, October 19, November 8, December 4.
Costa Rica132
Provincia Limón57
Provincia Heredia41
Provincia Alajuela23
Colombia19
Panama15
Ecuador14
Chocó8
Valle del Cauca8
Provincia Puntarenas8

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