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Siphlophis compressus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Siphlophis
Species:	S. compressus
Binomial name
Siphlophis compressus (Daudin, 1803)
Synonyms
Tripanurgos compressus Daudin, 1803

Siphlophis compressus the tropical flat snake, is a snake found in tropical Central and South America and Trinidad and Tobago. It feeds on small lizards, other snakes, small mammals and probably on frogs and nestling birds, as well as the eggs of nesting birds and lizards.

References

1. Embert, D.; Martins, M.R.C.; Rivas, G.; Stafford, P.; Gonzales, L.; Gagliardi, G.; Catenazzi, A.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Murphy, J.; Acosta Chaves, V.; García Rodríguez, A.; Batista, A.; Cisneros-Heredia, D.F.; Saborío, G.; Vargas Álvarez, J. (2019). "Siphlophis compressus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T177499A1489242. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T177499A1489242.en. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
2. ^ "Siphlophis compressus (Tropical Flat Snake)" (PDF). Sta.uwi.edu. Retrieved 31 May 2022.

Bibliography

Boos, Hans E.A. (2001). The snakes of Trinidad and Tobago. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX. ISBN 1-58544-116-3.

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