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Oxybelis fulgidus
It is an oviparous species, and they lay up to 10 eggs. It is an arboreal and diurnal species. It specializes in predating lizards and occasionally insects, frogs, birds and even small mammals. In Costa Rica it is seen on the Atlantic and Pacific slope, from sea level, up to 800 m high.It Is found from Mexico to Brazil. Like all members of the genus Oxybelis, Like all members of the genus Oxybelis, this species is characterized by being extremely elongated and thin. The head is elongated and stands out from the neck. The eye is very large, with the pupil rounded. The body is very thin and compressed, with very long tail .. The dorsal background color is green. The coloration includes a yellow strip on each side of the belly, on the edges of the ventral and along the whole body, The background color is green.
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