Tropidodipsas
Genus of snakes
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Tropidodipsas is a genus of New World snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
| Genus: | Tropidodipsas Günther, 1858 |
Geographic range
Species of the genus Tropidodipsas are found in Mexico and Central America.[1]
Species
Eight species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Tropidodipsas fasciata Günther, 1858 – banded snail sucker
- Tropidodipsas fischeri Boulenger, 1894 – Fischer’s snail-eating snake
- Tropidodipsas guerreroensis Taylor, 1939 – Guerrero snail sucker
- Tropidodipsas papavericola Grünwald, Toribio-Jiménez, Montaño-Ruvalcaba, Franz-Chávez, Peñaloza-Montaño, Barrera-Nava, J.M. Jones, C.M. Rodriguez, I. Hughes, Strickland & Reyes-Velasco, 2021
- Tropidodipsas philippii (Jan, 1863) – Philippi’s snail-eating snake
- Tropidodipsas repleta H.M. Smith, Lemos-Espinal, Hartman & Chiszar, 2005
- Tropidodipsas tricolor Grünwald, Toribio-Jiménez, Montaño-Ruvalcaba, Franz-Chávez, Peñaloza-Montaño, Barrera-Nava, J.M. Jones, C.M. Rodriguez, I.M. Hughes, Strickland & Reyes-Velasco, 2021 – tricolor snail sucker
- Tropidodipsas zweifeli Liner & Wilson, 1970 – Zweifel’s snail-eating snake
Etymology
The specific name, fischeri, is in honor of German herpetologist Johann Gustav Fischer.[2]
The specific name, philippii, is in honor of German-Chilean zoologist Rodolfo Amando Philippi.[3]
The specific name, zweifeli, is in honor of American herpetologist Richard G. Zweifel.[4]
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