Leptodeira frenata

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| image = Leptodeira frenata.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref ={{cite iucn |author=Lee, J. |author-link=species:Julian C. Lee |author2=Calderón Mandujano, R. |author2-link=species:René Calderón Mandujano |year=2013 |title=Leptodeira frenata |volume=2013 |page=e.T63835A3129951|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/63835/3129951|access-date=2 December 2021}}

| genus = Leptodeira

| species = frenata

| authority = (Cope, 1886)

| synonyms = *Sibon frenatum
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Leptodeira frenata, also known commonly as the Mayan cat-eyed snake and the rainforest cat-eyed snake, is a species of mildly venomous snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize, and there are three recognized subspecies.{{EMBL species|genus=Leptodeira|species=frenata}} www.reptile-database.org.

Geographic range

Leptodeira frenata is found on the Atlantic slope from neotropical Mexico southward through Belize to northern Guatemala.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of Leptodeira frenata is forest, at altitudes of {{cvt|150|–|450|m|ft}}.

Behavior

Leptodeira frenata is terrestrial and partly arboreal.

Venom

Leptodeira frenata is venomous. Bites to humans may cause intense pain, swelling, and bloody blisters.

Subspecies

The following three subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.

Leptodeira frenata frenata {{small|(Cope, 1886)}}
Leptodeira frenata malleisi {{small|Dunn & Stuart, 1935}}
Leptodeira frenata yucatanensis {{small|(Cope, 1887)}}

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Leptodeira.

Etymology

The subspecific name, malleisi, is in honor of ornithologist Harry Malleis (died 1931).{{EponymDictionaryReptiles}}{{rp|166}}