Species

Leptophis mystacinus

Leptophis mystacinus · described by ALBUQUERQUE, MARTINS, CARVALHO, SHEPARD & SANTANA 2025

Leptophis ahaetulla, a close relative of Leptophis mystacinus

Pictured: Leptophis ahaetulla, a close relative from the same genus. This species is still waiting for its first free photo.

Photo: Brian Gratwicke Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The facts

Scientific name
Leptophis mystacinus
First described
ALBUQUERQUE, MARTINS, CARVALHO, SHEPARD & SANTANA 2025
Class
Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order
Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Group
Snakes (Serpentes)
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Leptophis

Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.

Where it sits on the tree