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Dendrophidion rufiterminorum Cadle & Savage, 2012
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Dendrophidion rufiterminorum is a species of non-venomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is found in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. Its known range is strikingly disjunct: it occurs in northern Central America (Belize, Guatemala, northern Honduras), then drops out across most of Honduras and Nicaragua, and reappears on the Caribbean versant of southern Nicaragua and Costa Rica plus the uplands of northwestern Costa Rica, a gap of several hundred kilometers with essentially no records in between.
Wikipedia contributors, Dendrophidion rufiterminorum; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T14:24:52.465619+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Dendrophidion rufiterminorum Cadle & Savage, 2012
- Name authority
- Cadle & Savage, 2012
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Dendrophidion
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758
- infraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923
- familyColubridae
- subfamilyColubrinae
- genusDendrophidion
- speciesDendrophidion rufiterminorum Cadle & Savage, 2012
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Dendrophidion. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Dendrophidion prolixum Cadle, 2012 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dendrophidion crybelum Cadle, 2012 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Olive Forest RacerDendrophidion dendrophis (Schlegel, 1837) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cope's Forest RacerDendrophidion paucicarinatum (Cope, 1894) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dendrophidion graciliverpa Cadle, 2012 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dendrophidion apharocybe Cadle, 2012 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Forest RacerDendrophidion bivittatus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atlantic Forest RacerDendrophidion atlantica Freire, Caramaschi & Gonçalves, 2010 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| South American Forest RacerDendrophidion percarinatum (Cope, 1893) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Barred Forest RacerDendrophidion vinitor Smith, 1941 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- CADLE, JOHN E. & JAY M. SAVAGE. (2012). Systematics of the Dendrophidion nuchale complex (Serpentes: Colubridae) with the description of a new species from Central America. Zootaxa 3513: 1–50. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:34RB7. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.