Dryad snake
Mastigodryas melanolomus (Cope, 1868)
Status not recordedsnakes
The dryad snake (Mastigodryas melanolomus) is a species in the family Colubridae, order Squamata.
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Quick facts about the dryad snake
- Weight
- up to 681.3 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- up to 2 msrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 3.5src for Young per litter or clutch
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Active
- By day (diurnal)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Which animals does the dryad snake eat?
Species recorded in published studies and collections.
Recorded prey of the dryad snake
2 on record
- Rainbow ameiva Holcosus undulatus5 sources
- Central American whiptail Holcosus festivus3 sources
Each pair is recorded by at least two independent datasets. A record shows the animal was seen or found to have eaten the other, including scavenged carcasses and young animals; it does not say how often. Compiled by Global Biotic Interactions (CC0 1.0).
References for these records
- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/375144331
- Prey Use in Three Syntopic Neotropical Racers. 1984. Journal of Herpetology 18(4): 412-420
- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/388098325
- MASTIGODRYAS MELANOLOMUS (NCN). PREY. 2009. Herpetological Review 40(3): 357-357
- M.C. Grundler et al., personal observation
- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/141655455
Where does the dryad snake live?
Not recorded
Is the dryad snake 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 dryad snake classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyColubridae
- genusMastigodryas
- SpeciesMastigodryas melanolomus (Cope, 1868)
Synonyms Dromicus coeruleus, Dryadophis melanolomus, Dryadophis melanolomus stuarti, Dryadophis melanolomus tehuanae, Dryadophis sanguiventris, Drymobius boddaerti var. modesta, Eudryas boddaertii mexicanus, Eudryas slevini, Herpetodryas laevis, Masticophis melanolomus, Mastigodryas melanolomus slevini
Other names and names in other languages (14)
- Neotropical racerEnglish
- Salmon-bellied racerEnglish
- Salmon-bellied TreeracerEnglish
- Taylors tropical racerEnglish
- Rødbuget ØglesnogDanish
- Amerikanische PeitschennatterGerman
- LagartijeraSpanish
- corredora panza rosadaSpanish
- Culebra lagartijera comúnSpanish
- Culebra-lagartijera comúnSpanish
- Lagartijera ComúnSpanish
- Corridore neotropicale di TaylorItalian
- Коста-риканский пантеровый ужRussian
- Taylor's Tropical Racerroot
Relatives of the dryad snake
Other species in the same genus Mastigodryas.
Boddaert's tropical racer
Mastigodryas boddaerti
Daniel's tropical racer
Mastigodryas danieli
Striped lizard eater
Mastigodryas dorsalis
Amaral's tropical racer
Mastigodryas amarali
Windward Treeracer
Mastigodryas bruesi
Clifton's lizard eater
Mastigodryas cliftoni
CompareDryad snake vs Boddaert's tropical racerDryad snake vs Daniel's tropical racerDryad snake vs Striped lizard eaterDryad snake vs Amaral's tropical racer
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
What kind of animal is the dryad snake?
The dryad snake (Mastigodryas melanolomus) belongs to the family Colubridae in the order Squamata.
Which animals does the dryad snake eat?
Animals recorded as prey of the dryad snake include rainbow ameiva and central american whiptail. The records are compiled by Global Biotic Interactions from published studies; each pair is reported by at least two datasets.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - 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 - Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI): interpreted data products · CC0 1.0 · 0.11
Poelen, J.H., Simons, J.D. & Mungall, C.J. (2014) Global Biotic Interactions: an open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics 24: 148–159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2014.08.005. Data: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22691479, with each record's original reference. - 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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