Leptodeira Fitzinger, 1843

Luna, Igor Veronese de, Ugalde, Miguel Relvas, Guimarães, Mariana Rocha Santos, Hoffmann, Kauann, Citeli, Nathalie, Kiefer, Mara Cintia & Hamdan, Breno, 2025, Fig. 3 in Positive association between PTN polymorphisms and schizophrenia in Northeast Chinese Han population., Zoological Studies 64 (20), pp. 141-149 : 7

Leptodeira Fitzinger, 1843

1. Less than 186 ventral scales; body strongly elongated and slightly laterally compressed; vertebral and paravertebral scale rows noticeably enlarged; a short postocular stripe, generally not connecting with the dorsal region; dorsum uniform brownish or orange with dark round spots all over, fused in some cases .......... ...................................................... Leptodeira annulata ( Fig. 23e )

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Fig. 23. Representative Dipsadidae Snakes of Rio de Janeiro: a, Erythrolamprus typhlus juvenile from Amazonas State; b, Erythrolamprus typhlus adult from Amazonas State; c, Helicops carinicaudus from Niterói/RJ; d, Imantodes cenchoa from Amargosa/BA; e, Leptodeira annulata from Rio de Janeiro/RJ; f, Mussurana montana from Petrópolis/RJ; g, Oxyrhopus clathratus from Nova Friburgo/RJ; h, Oxyrhopus guibei from Volta Redonda/ RJ. AM = Amazônia, BA = Bahia, RJ = Rio de Janeiro. Photos by Breno Hamdan (c, e, g), Gustavo Pedro L. de Paula (f), Igor Veronese de Luna (h), Laurie Joseph Vitt (b), Marco Antônio de Freitas (a, d).