Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Gray vine snake ORDER - SERPENTES FAMILY - COLUBRIDAE SCIENTIFIC NAME - Oxybelis aeneus SYNONYMS - Dryinus aeneus, Wagler, 1824 REFERENCES - 3 and 1 District Reference Corozal, Belize 1 Belize, Belize 1 Cayo, Belize 1 Stann Creek, Belize 1 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Government land 1 Shipstern Nature Reserve 1 Mussel Creek Drainage (Proposed) 1 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve 1 Caracol Archaeological Reserve 1 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 1 Tapir Mtn. Nature Reserve Sighting Wet season 2 Hydrologic Association Reference Roaring Creek 2 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 1 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 15' to 88 30' 1 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 1 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 2 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 1 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 1 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 1 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 1 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 1 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 00' to 88 15' 1 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 1 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 2 General Distribution Comments 2*NE portion TMNR References 1 Meerman, J., 1994. Summary of Herpetofauna Distributions in Belize. Report to National Protected Areas Management Project. 2 Miller, C.M., B.W. Miller. 1994. Preliminary Faunal Surveys at Tapir Mt. Nature Reserve, 27 Nov.-5 Dec., 1994. Unpublished report for BAS. 3 Lee, Julian C. 1996.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