Striped lizard eater
Mastigodryas dorsalis (Bocourt, 1890)
Status not recordedsnakes
The striped lizard eater (Mastigodryas dorsalis) is a species in the family Colubridae, order Squamata.
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Quick facts about the striped lizard eater
- Weight
- up to 163.5 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- up to 1.14 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
Where does the striped lizard eater live?
Not recorded
Is the striped 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 striped lizard eater classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyColubridae
- genusMastigodryas
- SpeciesMastigodryas dorsalis (Bocourt, 1890)
Synonyms Drymobius dorsalis
Other names and names in other languages (1)
- Lagartijera RayadaSpanish
Relatives of the striped 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
Amaral's tropical racer
Mastigodryas amarali
Windward Treeracer
Mastigodryas bruesi
Clifton's lizard eater
Mastigodryas cliftoni
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Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
What kind of animal is the striped lizard eater?
The striped lizard eater (Mastigodryas dorsalis) 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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