| Catesby's snail-eater | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Dipsas |
| Species: | D. catesbyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Dipsas catesbyi (Sentzen, 1796) | |
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Catesby's snail-eater (Dipsas catesbyi), also commonly known as Catesby's snail sucker, is a nocturnal species of nonvenomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to northern South America.
In June 2021 upon manipulation, a snake of this species presented vocalization, a duration of 0.06 seconds, reaching 3036 Hz in its peak frequency with a modulated note, emitted through exhalation of air through the larynx, being the first record of a snake call in South America.
Etymology
The specific name, catesbyi, is in honor of English naturalist Mark Catesby.
Geographic range
D. catesbyi is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Guyana, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
Habitat
D. catesbyi lives at altitudes of up to 1,500 m (4,900 ft), in mountainous regions, tropical forests, and lowlands.
Diet
D. catesbyi, like all species in the genus Dipsas, preys on arboreal land snails and slugs.
Reproduction
D. catesbyi is oviparous.
References
- ^ Kornacker P, Lehr E, Lundberg M (2010). Dipsas catesbyi. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2.
- ^ Peters JA (1956). "An Analysis of Variation in a South American Snake, Catesby's Snail-Sucker (Dipsas catesbyi Sentzen)". American Museum Novitates (1783): 1–41.
- Fernandes, Igor Yuri; Koch, Esteban Diego; Mônico, Alexander Tamanini (2023-10-09). "First record of a snake call in South America: the unusual sound of an ornate snail-eater Dipsas catesbyi". Acta Amazonica. 53 (3): 243–245. doi:10.1590/1809-4392202300431. ISSN 0044-5967.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). "Dipsas catesbyi". The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.
- Cole CJ; Townsend CR; Reynolds RP; MacCulloch RD; Lathrop A (2013). "Amphibians and reptiles of Guyana, South America: Illustrated keys, annotated species accounts, and a biogeographic synopsis". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 125 (4): 317–620. doi:10.2988/0006-324x-125.4.317. S2CID 86665287.
- ^ "Dipsas catesbyi". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2013-01-03.
- Goin, Coleman J. ; Goin, Olive B.; Zug, George R. (1978). "Genus Dipsas". Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman and Company. pp. 149, 329. ISBN 0-7167-0020-4.
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ), ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Leptognathus catesbyi, pp. 449–450).
- Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Dipsas catesbyi, p. 93).
- Marciano-Júnior E, Mira-Mendes CV, Dias IR, Oliveira FFR, Drummond LO (2015). "Dipsas catesbyi (Catesby's Snail-eater). Defensive Behavior". Herpetological Review 46 (4): 643.
- Jan G, Sordelli F (1870). Iconographie générale des Ophidiens, Trente-septième livraison. Paris: Baillière. Index + Plates I-VI. (Leptognathus catesbyi, Plate II, figure 2). (in French).
- Sentzen UJ (1796). "Ophiologische Fragmente, 6. Beschreibung des Coluber Catesbeji". Meyer's Zoologische Archives 2: 66-74. (Coluber catesbeji, new species). (in German).
- Zug, George R.; Hedges, S. Blair; Sunkel, Sara (1979). "Variation in Reproductive Parameters of Three Neotropical Snakes, Coniophanes fissidens, Dipsas catesbyi, and Imantodes cenchoa". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (300): 1–20.
External links
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Dipsas catesbyi | |
| Coluber catesbyi | |