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Drymarchon Culebra

Drymarchon sp

Description:

Espécimen grande, aproximadamente 2 metros. Cola negra, escamas grandes, foto tomada en cautiverio

Habitat:

Bosque lluvioso

1 Species ID Suggestions

Black-tailed Cribo
Drymarchon corais unicolor


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6 Comments

JeffreySnodgres
JeffreySnodgres 8 years ago

Looks more like Drymarchon m melanurus to me AKA (black-tail cribo), which I know occurs in Costa Rica... I'm not familiar with Drymarchon m unicolor (unicolor cribo) occuring in Costa Rica.

Great spotting! It would be great if you added it to the "Reptiles of Costa Rica" mission:
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1589...

Jonathan Sequeira
Jonathan Sequeira 11 years ago

Thanks Chris...

Chris Carille
Chris Carille 12 years ago

After a look in Kohler's "Reptiles of Central America," I'm positive its Drymarchon corais... almost certainly subspecies unicolor

Jonathan Sequeira
Jonathan Sequeira 12 years ago

Looks a lot like it, but still not sure the species for CR is Drymarchon melanurus, So I will wait, a little before i set the ID- Thanks so much for your suggestion .

Chris Carille
Chris Carille 12 years ago

I'm not sure of the scientific name, but I'm positive it is a black-tailed cribo

Jonathan Sequeira
Spotted by
Jonathan Sequeira

Puntarenas, Costa Rica

Spotted on Sep 30, 2009
Submitted on Nov 4, 2011

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