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Leptodeira annulata
It was small and very beautiful, hope it was not a Fur de lance but I thought it was, I just let it be in the garden!!??
Spotted on Dec 5, 2013
Submitted on Dec 9, 2013
18 Comments
Thank you Pam.
nice photo Gilma, of a beautiful snake… Very prominent eyes...
You're welcome Gilma.
Thank so much AshleyT, Scott Frazier and Jemma, for the ID.
Definitely Leptodeira sp., probably Leptodeira annulata, http://darnis.inbio.ac.cr/ubisen/FMPro?-...
Nope, not a Fer de Lance :) I'm fairly positive it's one of the Cat-eyed snakes
Yes Jemma, very similar, that is a Cat eye right?
Thank you so much, AshleyT. I am not any good at snake species... : (
It is not a Fur de lance right?! They are so common here and the coloring is similar?!
That is the species I was leaning towards, but they are all pretty variable and I couldn't find a site that site what the key characteristics were for this specific species. I think it's fine to go ahead and put it as that if you're confident about it, I'm pretty confident about it, but I would have Scott take a look at it. He was just online but not anymore, may be back soon though!
http://www.wildherps.com/images/herps/st...
any similarity?
Thank you, Jemma.
The more I learn about snakes of Costa Rica, the more I think it is a Cat-eyed Snake (Leptodeira annulata) but I will not edit without some expert help. What do you think, AshleyT?
Besides this snake has very prominent eyes.
Gopher snake range is no where close to Costa Rica :)
lovely picture.
Could be a sub species of Gopher.
Yes that one "Cat eyed" came to mind also but could not find pictures to compared...?!
Pretty sure it's a Cat-eyed Snake, Genus Leptodeira, but I'm not familiar enough with them to nail down a species for you. Scott may be able to help further.