Dipsas variegata
Dipsas variegata | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Dipsas |
Species: | D. variegata
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Binomial name | |
Dipsas variegata | |
Synonyms | |
Leptognathus variegatus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 |
Dipsas variegata, the variegated snail-eater,[2] is a snake found in South America.[2] It is reported to feed almost exclusively on tree snails and slugs.
Dipsas trinitatis, the Trinidad snail-eater from Trinidad and Tobago, has sometimes been considered a subspecies of Dipsas variegata (Dipsas variegata trinitatis).[3][4]
Reproduction[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Catenazzi, A., Gonzales, L., Hoogmoed, M., Nogueira, C., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Schargel, W., Rivas, G. & Murphy, J. (2019). Dipsas variegata . In: IUCN 2020. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022.2.
- ^ a b c Dipsas variegata at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2017.
- ^ Dipsas trinitatis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2017.
- ^ Boos, Hans E.A. (2001). The snakes of Trinidad and Tobago. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX. ISBN 1-58544-116-3.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Dipsas
- Reptiles of Bolivia
- Snakes of Brazil
- Reptiles of French Guiana
- Reptiles of Guyana
- Reptiles of Peru
- Reptiles of Suriname
- Reptiles of Venezuela
- Reptiles described in 1854
- Taxa named by André Marie Constant Duméril
- Taxa named by Gabriel Bibron
- Taxa named by Auguste Duméril
- Dipsadinae stubs