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Oxybelis

a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae. The body is very slender, the head narrow, the snout elongated and pointed, and the tail long and prehensile. The coloring of the upper side of the body is green, bronze, crimson, or grayish brown. There are five species, which are distributed from Arizona to Argentina. Oxybelis live predominantly on trees and shrubs and are diurnal. They feed on small vertebrates, principally lizards, which they kill with poison, but they are not dangerous to humans. The snakes reproduce by means of eggs.

The best-known species is the green whip snake (O. fulgidus), which measures to 1.5 m long. It is bright green, with two lemon yellow stripes on the underside.

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TABLE 1: Bacteria isolates from oral and cloacal cavities of Bothrops asper (Ba), Bothriechis schlegelii (Bs), Leptodeira septentrionalis (Ls), Sibon longifrenis (Sl), Oxyrhopus petolarius (Op), Oxybelis brevirostris (Ob), and Imantodes cenchoa (Ic) analyzed and identified by VITEK biochemical approach and SeqMatch algorithm (RDP database).

Diversity of Aerobic Bacteria Isolated from Oral and Cloacal Cavities from Free-Living Snakes Species in Costa Rica Rainforest

brevirostris was similar to reports of height of nocturnal perches for other vine snakes, e.g., 77% of sleeping Oxybelis argenteus were <1.5 m above ground (Duellman, 1978), average height of perch was 2.9 m (1.1-5.0) in O.

Aspects of the ecology of the Neotropical vine snake, Oxybelis aeneus (Wagler).

Ontogenetic shift in height of sleeping perches of Cope's vine snake, Oxybelis brevirostris

A sample of 40 specimens of Oxybelis aeneus (22 females, Mean Snout-Vent Length, SVL = 788.9 mm [+ or -] 18.7 SE, range 613-922 mm; 18 males, Mean SVL = 733.6 mm [+ or -] 15.7 SE, range 605-830 mm) from Arizona and Mexico was examined from the herpetology collections of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and the University of Arizona, Tucson.

-- The following specimens of Oxybelis aeneus were examined from the herpetology collections of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (LACM) and The University of Arizona (UAZ).

Reproduction in the Mexican vine snake Oxybelis aeneus (Serpentes: Colubridae)

(2004) en la planicie costera de Oaxaca; Oxybelis fulgidus, Agkistrodon bilineatus (Garcia-Grajales & Buenrostro-Silva 2011) y Sphaerodactylus glaucus (Garcia-Grajales et al.

Ampliacion de la distribucion geografica de Oxybelis fulgidus (Serpentes: Colubridae) y Agkistrodon bilineatus (Serpentes: Viperidae) en la planicie costera central de Oaxaca, Mexico.

Diversidad herpetofaunistica del Parque Nacional Lagunas de Chacahua y La Tuza de Monroy, Oaxaca, Mexico

Geographic distribution enlargment of Oxybelis fulgidus (Serpentes: Colubridae) and Agkistrodon bilineatus (Serpentes: Viperidae) from the costal central plain of Oaxaca, Mexico.

Ampliacion del area de distribucion geografica de Oxybelis fulgidus (Serpentes: Colubridae) y Agkistrodonbilineatus (Serpentes: Viperidae) en la planicie costera central de Oaxaca, Mexico

A total of 26 specimens of snakes were collected during the study period, 13 being Philodryas nattereri and 13 Oxybelis aeneus.

Pentastomid infection in Philodryas nattereri Steindachner, 1870 and Oxybelis aeneus (Wagler, 1824) (Squamata: Colubridae) in a caatinga of northeastern Brazil/Infeccao por pentastomideos em Philodryas nattereri Steindachner, 1870 e Oxybelis aeneus (Wagler, 1824) (Squamata: Colubridae) em uma Caatinga do nordeste do Brasil

sebae (Dumeril, Birbron y Dumeril 1854) N X Oxybelis aeneus (Wagler 1824) N X X Pituophis lineaticollis (Cope 1861) N Pliocercus elapoides Cope 1860 N X Pseustes poecilonotus (Gunther 1858) N Rhadinaea decorata (Gunther 1858) N X R.

Los cafetales en Mexico y su importancia para la conservacion de los anfibios y reptiles