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Northern Cat-eyed Snake
Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Snakes

Northern Cat-eyed Snake

Leptodeira septentrionalis (Kennicott, 1859)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishNorthern Cat-eyed Snake
Dutch—
SpanishCulebra ojo de gato norteña
Chinese—
Sranan Tongosneki (general name for the group)
Scientific nameLeptodeira septentrionalis (Kennicott, 1859)

About this species

Leptodeira septentrionalis, the northern cat-eyed snake, is a species of medium-sized, slightly venomous snake, found from southern Texas to Costa Rica.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassSquamata
FamilyColubridae
GenusLeptodeira

In Suriname

8Records in Suriname

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