Order Squamata
Infraorder Henophidia (Boidea)
Family Loxocemidae
Only one species: Loxocemus bicolor.
Appearance: The young appear to be dark brown with an iridescent sheen (reminiscent of baby slow worms) and no white markings. Fleckings usually cover just a scale or two at a time are some form of cryptic camouflage, designed to break up the snake's outline in the shadowy habitat it occupies in the wild.
Size: Max. 1.57 m total length (A. Solorzano, pers. comm.).
Distribution: Central America (Southern Mexico to Costa Rica).
Habitat: semi-fossorial terrestrial.
Food: small mammals and reptiles, turtle and lizard eggs.
Reproduction: oviparous (2-4 eggs per clutch)
Behavior: no information available.
Relationships: Previous authors put the species into the subfamily Loxoceminae of the family Boidae.
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