Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Tropical whipsnake ORDER - SERPENTES FAMILY - Colubridae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Masticophis mentovarius SYNONYMS - Masticophis mentovarius mentovarius,, Dum‚ril, Bibron, and Dum‚ril, Coryphodon mento-varius, A.M.C. Dum‚ril, and Bibron, and Dum‚ril, 1854 REFERENCES - 2 and 1 District Reference Corozal, Belize 1 Orange Walk, Belize 1 Belize, Belize 1 Cayo, Belize 1 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Shipstern Nature Reserve 1 Government land 1 Rio Bravo Conservation Area 1 Altun Ha Archaeological Reserve 1 Mussel Creek Drainage (Proposed) 1 Chiquibul Forest Reserve 1 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve 1 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 1 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 1 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 1 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 1 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 00' to 88 15' 1 18 00' to 18 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 1 17 45' to 18 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 1 References 1 Meerman, J., 1994. Summary of Herpetofauna Distributions in Belize. Report to National Protected Areas Management Project. 2 Lee, Julian C. 1996. The Amphibians and Reptiles of the Yucatan Peninsula. Comstock Publishing Associates. Ithaca, New York.
Wildlife Conservation Society
Ministry of Natural Resources' Land Information Centre
01/19/98