Dipsas

Dipsas indica

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Dipsadinae
Genus: Dipsas
Species (55): D. albifrons – D. alternans – D. andiana – D. aparatiritos – D. articulata – D. baliomelas – D. bicolor – D. bobridgelyi – D. bothropoides – D. brevifacies – D. bucephala – D. catesbyi – D. chaparensis – D. cisticeps – D. copei – D. elegans – D. ellipsifera – D. gaigeae – D. georgejetti – D. gracilis – D. incerta – D. indica – D. jamespetersi – D. klebbai – D. latifrontalis – D. lavillai – D. maxillaris – D. mikanii – D. neuwiedi – D. nicholsi – D. oligozonata – D. oneilli – D. oreas – D. oswaldobaezi – D. pakaraima – D. palmeri – D. pavonina – D. peruana – D. praeornata – D. pratti – D. sanctijoannis – D. sazimai – D. schunkii – D. temporalis – D. tenuissima – D. trinitatis – D. turgida – D. vagrans – D. vagus – D. variegata – D. ventrimaculatus – D. vermiculata – D. viguieri – D. welborni – D. williamsi

Name

Dipsas Laurenti, 1768: 89

Type species: Dipsas indica Laurenti, 1768, by monotypy.

Synonyms

Sibynomorphus Fitzinger, 1843: 27 [synonymized by Arteaga et al. (2018: 96)]
- Type species: Dipsas mikanii Schlegel, 1837, by original designation.

References

Primary references

Laurenti, J.N. 1768. Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austriacorum, quod authoritate et consensu (In Latin). Joan Thomae: Vienna. 217 pp. BHL Reference page.
Fitzinger, L. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus primus. Amblyglossae. Braumüller et Seidel: Wien. vi + 106 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

De Lima, A.C. & Da Costa Prudente, A.L. 2009. Morphological variation and systematics of Dipsas catesbyi (Sentzen, 1796) and Dipsas pavonina Schlegel, 1837 (Serpentes: Dipsadinae). Zootaxa 2203: 31–48. Abstract & excerpt
Fernandes, D.S., Marques, O.A.V. & Argôlo, A.J.S. 2010. A new species of Dipsas Laurenti from the Atlantic Forest of Brazil (Serpentes: Dipsadidae). Zootaxa 2691: 57–66. Preview
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.
Mebert, K., Passos, P., Fernandes, D.S., Entiauspe-Neto, O.M., Alvez, F.Q., Machado, A.S. & Lopes, R.T. 2020. A new species of snail-eating snake, Dipsas Cope, 1860 (Serpentes: Colubridae: Dipsadinae), from the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. South American Journal of Herpetology 17(1): 43–62. DOI: 10.2994/SAJH-D-17-00112.1 Reference page.
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.
Ray, J.M., Sánchez-Martínez, P., Batista, A., Mulcahy, D.G., Sheehy, C.M., Smith, E.N., Pyron, R.A. & Arteaga, A. 2023. A new species of Dipsas (Serpentes, Dipsadidae) from central Panama. Zookeys 1145: 131–167. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1145.96616 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Dipsas . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 May 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Snail-eaters

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