Sibon leucomelas

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Dipsadidae
Subfamilia: Dipsadinae
Genus: Sibon
Species: Sibon leucomelas

Name

Sibon leucomelas (Boulenger, 1896)

• Holotype: BMNH 1895.11.16.16, ♀, collected by W.F.H. Rosenberg.
• Type locality: “Buenaventura”, Colombia.

Combinations

• Leptognathus leucomelas Boulenger, 1896: 18 [original combination]
• Sibon nebulata leucomelas — Peters, 1960 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
• Sibon leucomelas — Arteaga & Batista, 2023: 36 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]

References

Primary references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Descriptions of new reptiles and batrachians from Colombia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 6 17(97): 16–21. BHL
• Arteaga, A. & Batista, A. 2023. A consolidated phylogeny of snail-eating snakes (Serpentes, Dipsadini), with the description of five new species from Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama. Zookeys 1143: 1–49. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1143.93601 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Arteaga, A., Salazar-Valenzuela, D., Mebert, K., Peñafiel, N., Aguiar, G., Sánchez-Nivicela, J.C., Pyron, R.A., Colston, T.J., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Yánez-Muñoz, M.H., Venegas, P.J., Guayasamin, J.M. & Torres-Carvajal, O. 2018. Systematics of South American snail-eating snakes (Serpentes, Dipsadini), with the description of five new species from Ecuador and Peru. ZooKeys 766: 79–147. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.766.24523 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Sibon leucomelas. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 May 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Cloudy Snail-eating Snake
español: Culebra caracolera subtropical