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Tropical Flat Snake
Siphlophis compressus (Daudin, 1803)
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.
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Open encyclopedia reference
Siphlophis compressus the tropical flat snake, is a snake found in tropical Central and South America and Trinidad and Tobago. It feeds on small lizards, other snakes, small mammals and probably on frogs and nestling birds, as well as the eggs of nesting birds and lizards.
Wikipedia contributors, Siphlophis compressus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:28:07.054652+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Siphlophis compressus (Daudin, 1803)
- Name authority
- (Daudin, 1803)
- Common name
- Tropical Flat Snake
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Siphlophis
- 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
- subfamilyDipsadinae
- genusSiphlophis
- speciesSiphlophis compressus (Daudin, 1803)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Siphlophis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Panama Spotted Night SnakeSiphlophis cervinus (Laurenti, 1768) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brazilian Spotted Night SnakeSiphlophis longicaudatus (Andersson, 1901) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Devil’s Head Spotted Night SnakeSiphlophis ayauma Sheehy Iii, Yánez-Muñoz, Valencia & Smith, 2014 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Common Spotted Night SnakeSiphlophis leucocephalus (Günther, 1863) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Guanabara Spotted Night SnakeSiphlophis pulcher (Raddi, 1820) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Worontzow's Spotted Night SnakeSiphlophis worontzowi (Prado, 1940) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Coluber compressus Daudin, 1803 Daudin, 1803 | ambiguous synonym |
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.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Siphlophis&species=compressus 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.
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:4XNHH. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.