FIGURE 12 in Taxonomic revision of the parrot snake Leptophis ahaetulla (Serpentes, Colubridae)

FIGURE 12. Color patterns and color tones of Leptophis coeruleodorsus: (A) An uncollected specimen from Parque del Este, Caracas D.F., Venezuela; (B) An uncollected specimen from Villanueva, Casanare, Colombia; in these specimens, the middorsal area is five and nine scales wide, respectively, at least on the anterior portion of the body; (C) a MVURG specimen (catalog number unknown) from San Juan de los Morros, El Castrero, state of Guarico, Venezuela. Brackets indicate dorsolateral stripe at rows 2–5 and 2–3, respectively. Photos by L.A. Rodríguez J. (A), W. L. Riaño (via Naturalista under license CC-BY-NC 4.0) and M.A. Natera-Mumaw (C).