Clifton's lizard eater
Mastigodryas cliftoni (Hardy, 1964)
Status not recordedsnakes
The clifton's lizard eater (Mastigodryas cliftoni) is a species in the family Colubridae, order Squamata. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Mexico.
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Quick facts about the clifton's lizard eater
- Weight
- up to 123 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- up to 1.98 msrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Active
- By day (diurnal)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Arborealsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
Where does the clifton's lizard eater live?
Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.
The clifton's lizard eater is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Why a country list is not a range map
Listed by: ReptileDB (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
Is the clifton's lizard eater endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the clifton's lizard eater classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyColubridae
- genusMastigodryas
- SpeciesMastigodryas cliftoni (Hardy, 1964)
Synonyms Dryadophis cliftoni, Dryadophis fasciatus
Other names and names in other languages (6)
- Clifton’s lizard eaterEnglish
- Lagartijera de CliftoSpanish
- Culebra lagartijera sinaloenseSpanish
- Culebra-lagartijera de CliftonSpanish
- Lagartijera de CliftonSpanish
- Пантеровый уж КлифтонаRussian
Relatives of the clifton's lizard eater
Other species in the same genus Mastigodryas.
Boddaert's tropical racer
Mastigodryas boddaerti
Dryad snake
Mastigodryas melanolomus
Daniel's tropical racer
Mastigodryas danieli
Striped lizard eater
Mastigodryas dorsalis
Amaral's tropical racer
Mastigodryas amarali
Windward Treeracer
Mastigodryas bruesi
CompareClifton's lizard eater vs Boddaert's tropical racerClifton's lizard eater vs Dryad snakeClifton's lizard eater vs Daniel's tropical racerClifton's lizard eater vs Striped lizard eater
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
Where does the clifton's lizard eater live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the clifton's lizard eater for 1 country: Mexico. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is the clifton's lizard eater?
The clifton's lizard eater (Mastigodryas cliftoni) belongs to the family Colubridae in the order Squamata.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles · CC BY 4.0 · v1-2
Oskyrko, O., Mi, C., Meiri, S. et al. (2024) ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles. Scientific Data 11: 243. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03079-5. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4 - SquamBase 1.0 - a dataset of squamate species traits · CC0 1.0 · 1.0-dryad-v5
Meiri, S. (2024) SquamBase - a database of squamate (Reptilia: Squamata) traits. Global Ecology and Biogeography 33(4): e13812. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13812. Data: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.76hdr7t3b
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CreatureData. (2026). Clifton's lizard eater (Mastigodryas cliftoni). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/cliftons-lizard-eater
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