Siphlophis compressus

{{Short description|Species of snake}}

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| image = Red Vine Snake (Siphlophis compressus) (10650414205).jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Embert, D. |author2=Martins, M.R.C. |author3=Rivas, G. |author4=Stafford, P. |author5=Gonzales, L. |author6=Gagliardi, G. |author7=Catenazzi, A. |author8=Nogueira, C. de C. |author9=Murphy, J. |author10=Acosta Chaves, V. |author11=García Rodríguez, A. |author12=Batista, A. |author13=Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. |author14=Saborío, G. |author15=Vargas Álvarez, J. |year=2019 |title=Siphlophis compressus |volume=2019 |page=e.T177499A1489242 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T177499A1489242.en |access-date=19 October 2023}}

| genus = Siphlophis

| species = compressus

| authority = (Daudin, 1803)

| synonyms = Tripanurgos compressus Daudin, 1803

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Siphlophis compressus the tropical flat snake, is a snake found in tropical Central and South America and Trinidad and Tobago. It feeds on small lizards, other snakes, small mammals{{cite web|url=https://sta.uwi.edu/fst/lifesciences/sites/default/files/lifesciences/documents/ogatt/Siphlophis_compressus%20-%20Tropical%20Flat%20Snake.pdf|format=PDF|title=Siphlophis compressus (Tropical Flat Snake)|website=Sta.uwi.edu|access-date=31 May 2022}} and probably on frogs and nestling birds, as well as the eggs of nesting birds and lizards.