Tropidodipsas

Tropidodipsas fasciata

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: Tropidodipsas
Species (8): T. fasciata – T. fischeri – T. guerreroensis – T. papavericola – T. philippii – T. repleta – T. tricolor – T. zweifeli

Name

Tropidodipsas Günther, 1858: 163

• Type species: Tropidodipsas fasciata Günther, 1858, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Günther, A. 1858. Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History): London. xvi + 281 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Smith, H.M., Lemos-Espinal, J.A., Hartman, D. & Chiszar, D. 2005. A new species of Tropidodipsas (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Sonora, Mexico. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 41(1): 39–41. BHL Reference page. 
• Grünwald, C.I., Toribio-Jiménez, S., Montaño-Ruvalcaba, C., Franz-Chávez, H., Peñaloza-Montaño, M.A., Barrera-Nava, E.Y., Jones, J.M., Rodriguez, C.M., Hughes, I.M., Strickland, J.L. & Reyes-Velasco, J. 2021. Two new species of snail-eating snakes of the genus Tropidodipsas (Serpentes, Dipsadidae) from southern Mexico, with notes on related species. Herpetozoa 34: 233–257. DOI: 10.3897/herpetozoa.34.e69176 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Tropidodipsas . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 13 April 2022.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Nördliche Schneckennattern
English: Northern Snail Eaters

For more multimedia, look at Tropidodipsas on Wikimedia Commons.