Orange-bellied Glasstail

About the Orange-bellied Glasstail

Urotheca guentheri, also known commonly as Günther's graceful brown snake and the striped glasstail, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to Central America. The specific name, guentheri, is in honor of German-born British herpetologist Albert Günther.

U. guentheri is found in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. The preferred natural habitat of U. guentheri is forest, at altitudes of 70–1,800 m (230–5,910 ft). Dorsally, U. guentheri is dark brown with white lines. Ventrally, it is reddish orange. It may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 19 in (48 cm).

U. guentheri preys predominately on frogs. U. guentheri is oviparous. Dunn ER (1938). "A New Rhadinaea from Central America". Copeia 1938 (4): 197–198. (Rhadinaea güntheri, replacement name for Tachymenis decipiens, p. 198).

Günther ACLG (1895). Biologia Centrali-Americana. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Godman & Salvin. (Taylor and Francis, printers). 326 pp. + Plates 1–76. (Tachymenis decipiens, new species, p. 163 + Plate 53, figure a, two views)... Wikipedia →