Tropidodipsas tricolor

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: Tropidodipsas tricolor

Name

Tropidodipsas tricolor Grünwald, Toribio-Jiménez, Montaño-Ruvalcaba, Franz-Chávez, Peñaloza-Montaño, Barrera-Nava, Jones, Rodriguez, Hughes, Strickland & Reyes-Velasco, 2021: 238

• Holotype: INIRENA 2800 (original field number CIG 1837), juvenile ♂, collected by Miguel A. Peñaloza-Montaño, Jason M. Jones and Jacobo Reyes-Velasco on 14 August 2020.
• Type locality: “at 1.5 km east of Río Verde, Municipio de Atoyac de Álvarez, (17.3131°, -100.1969°, datum=WGS84, 971 m a.s.l.), Guerrero, Mexico”.

References

Primary references

• 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 tricolor. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 15 April 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Tricolor Snailsucker
español: Caracolera tricolor