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Friday, August 26, 2016

Brown Vine Snake, Oxybelis aeneus (Family Colubridae)

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Size: 1010 mm SVL, 1668 mm TL, may reach 2 m; hatchlings 200 mm; tail 54-77% SVL. Identification: A slender, vine snake with a sharpl...

False Coral Snake, Oxyrhopus petolarius (Family Dipsadidae)

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Size: 725 mm TL, maximum total length about 1.1 m. Identification: Rostral barely visible from above; nasal single; loreal elongate and s...

Coffee Snake, Ninia atrata (Family Dipsadidae)

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Size: 300 mm SVL, 85 mm tail; may reach 490 mm in total length. Identification: The only Trinidad and Tobago snake with a collar making a...

Simla Coffee Snake, Ninia franciscoi

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A recently described species from the Arima Valley of Trinidad, and known from a single specimen. It is sympatric with Ninia atrata . To se...

Trinidad Ribbon Coral Snake, Micrurus lemniscatus diutius (Family Elapidae)

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Size: 1220 mm SVL; 100 mm tail; tail 8-10% SVL in males; 8-9% of SVL in females. Identification: A very distinctive snake with bright,...

Trinidad Coral Snake, Micrurus circinalis (Family Elapidae)

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Size: 540 mm TL maximum 800 mm TL. Identification: Head small, about same width as neck; rostral visible from above; nasal divided; one...

Yellow-necked Racer, Mastigodryas amarali (Family Colubridae)

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It is unlikely this snake is present on Trinidad or Tobago, but a recent paper suggests that it on both islands. It is included here until ...

Leptophis stimsoni (Family Colubridae)

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Size. 593 mm SVL, TL 832 mm. Diagnosis. Silver-gray above, tan below, dorsolateral stripe on each side, a dark post ocular stripe, labials ...

Oliver's Lora, Leptophis coeurleodorsus (Family Colubridae)

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Size. 1.2 m. Diagnosis. A thin, bright green snake with a copper colored lateral stripe. Dorsal scales in 15 rows at mid-body, reduced to 1...

Water Mapapie, Helicops angulatus (Family Dipsadidae)

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Other common names: Banded Water Snake; Water Snake, Brown Banded Water Snake. Size: Males 475 mm, female reach and probably exceed 625 ...

Anaconda or Huilla, Eunectes murinus (Family Boidae)

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Size. 7.6 m TL, females larger than males, neonates about 65 mm TL. The largest extant snake but not the longest. Diagnosis. The lack of...

Red Snake, Erythrolamprus ocellatus (Family Dipsadidae)

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Size: 400–530 mm TL, hatchlings about 180 mm TL; tail 19.8% of SVL. Identification: The only Tobago snake with a red dorsum and a series o...