Dipsas
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| Dipsas catesbyi in Ecuador. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
| Genus: | Dipsas Laurenti, 1768 |
Dipsas is a genus of nonvenomous New World snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The genus Sibynomorphus has been moved here. The genus Dipsas are as known as snail-eater.
Geographic range[]
Species in the genus Dipsas are found from southern Mexico through Central America and South America, as far as Argentina and Paraguay.[1][2]
Taxonomy[]
The genus Dipsas includes over 30 distinct species.[3]
Description[]
Dipsas species are slender, small to medium-sized snakes, often no longer than 60 cm (24 in), and rarely longer than 100 cm (39 in). Coloration and color pattern may vary, but often consist of black and brown, frequently with alternating rings separated by white.
Behavior and diet[]
Species in the genus Dipsas are mostly arboreal snakes that mainly feed on land snails and slugs.
Species[]
The following species are recognized as being valid.[4]
- (Sauvage, 1884)
- (Fischer, 1885)
- (Boulenger, 1896)
- (Cope, 1868)
- , 2008
- (Günther, 1895)
- et. al., 2018
- Mebert, Passos, Fernandes, Entiauspe-Neto, Queiroz-Alvez, Machado, & Lopes, 2020
- (Cope, 1866)
- (Shaw, 1802)
- Dipsas catesbyi (Sentzen, 1796)
- & Foster, 1992
- (Boettger, 1885)
- (Günther, 1872)
- (Boulenger, 1896)
- (Boulenger, 1898)
- (Oliver, 1937)
- Arteaga et. al., 2018
- Dipsas gracilis (Boulenger, 1902)
- (Jan, 1863)
- Dipsas indica Laurenti, 1768
- & , 1989
- Arteaga et. al., 2018
- (Boulenger, 1905)
- , & , 1993
- (F. Werner, 1910)
- (Schlegel, 1837)
- Amaral, 1926
- (Ihering, 1911)
- (Dunn, 1933)
- & , 1989
- Rossman & Thomas, 1979
- (Cope, 1868)
- Arteaga et. al., 2018
- Dipsas pakaraima & , 2004
- (Boulenger, 1912)
- Schlegel, 1837
- (Boettger, 1898)
- (F. Werner, 1909)
- Dipsas pratti (Boulenger, 1897)
- (Boulenger, 1911)
- , & , 2010[5]
- (Boulenger, 1908)
- (F. Werner, 1909)
- Taylor, 1954
- Parker, 1926
- (Cope, 1868)
- (Dunn, 1923)
- (Jan, 1863)
- Dipsas variegata (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
- (Boulenger, 1885)
- J.A. Peters, 1960
- (Bocourt, 1884)
- , 1974
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Dipsas.
References[]
- ^ De Lima AC, Da Costa Prudente AL (2009). "Morphological variation and systematics of Dipsas catesbyi (Sentzen, 1796) and Dipsas pavonina Schlegel, 1837 (Serpentes: Dipsadinae)". Zootaxa 2203: 31-48. Abstract & excerpt
- ^ Cadle, John E. (2005). "Systematics of snakes of the Dipsas oreas complex (Colubridae: Dipsadinae) in western Ecuador and Peru, with revalidation of D. elegans (Boulenger) and D. ellipsifera (Boulenger)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 158 (3): 67–136. doi:10.3099/0027-4100(2005)158[67:SOSOTD]2.0.CO;2. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
- ^ "Dipsas ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
- ^ Genus Dipsas at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Fernandes DS, Marques OAV, Argôlo AJS (2010). "A new species of Dipsas Laurenti from the Atlantic Forest of Brazil (Serpentes: Dipsadidae)". Zootaxa 2691: 57–66. Preview
Further reading[]
- Freiberg MA (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Genus Dipsas, pp. 93–94).
- Laurenti JN (1768). Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austriacorum. Vienna: "Joan. Thom. Nob. de Trattnern". 214 pp. + Plates I-V. (Dipsas, new genus, pp. 89–90). (in Latin).
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- Dipsas
- Colubrids
- Reptiles of Central America
- Reptiles of South America
- Snake genera
- Taxa named by Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti