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Boddaert's tropical racer

Mastigodryas boddaerti

Description:

Brown small and slim snake with a long pointy tail. Its head was flat with a blunt nose. Big wide scales on its head. I could not see it's belly. About 1 meter long I would guess.

Habitat:

In between wall plants on a wall. On a walk onto the mountains near the Zoo in Port of Spain, Trinidad.

Notes:

I just saw something move from the corner of my eye. When I looked I noticed this beauty. It was completely unfazed by me, and I could come quite close. It was not at all aggressive. It just slowly pulled itself more in between the leaves until it disappeared. LOVELY.

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5 Comments

Muckpuk
Muckpuk 7 years ago

Hi AshleyT
Finally got around to accepting your suggestion :-)

Muckpuk
Muckpuk 7 years ago

Thank you AshleyT. That is starting to look like it!
Anyone else sure about this one. When I look on line the ones I see are a bit more patterned then the one I spotted. It was really bland looking.

AshleyT
AshleyT 7 years ago

My best guess is Boddaert's tropical racer, Mastigodryas boddaerti.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastigodry...

Muckpuk
Muckpuk 7 years ago

Thanks Jellis.
Anyone else maybe?

Jellis
Jellis 7 years ago

Don't think it is a Oxybelis aeneus as the nose doesn't seem to be long enough. Not sure what that is.

Muckpuk
Spotted by
Muckpuk

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Spotted on Oct 4, 2016
Submitted on Oct 4, 2016

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