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Dipsas

Dipsas catesbyi in Ecuador
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Dipsadinae
Genus:	Dipsas Laurenti, 1768

Dipsas is a genus of nonvenomous New World snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The genus Sibynomorphus has been moved here. Species of the genus Dipsas are known as snail-eaters.

Taxonomy

The genus Dipsas includes over 30 distinct species. The following species are recognized as being valid.

Dipsas albifrons (Sauvage, 1884) – Sauvage's snail-eater
Dipsas alternans (Fischer, 1885) – Jan's snail-eater
Dipsas andiana (Boulenger, 1896)
Dipsas aparatiritos (Ray, Sánchez-Martínez, Batista, Mulcahy, Sheehy, E.N. Smith, Pyron & Arteaga, 2023)
Dipsas articulata (Cope, 1868) – American snail-eater
Dipsas baliomelas Harvey, 2008
Dipsas bicolor (Günther, 1895) – two-colored snail-eater
Dipsas bobridgelyi Arteaga et al., 2018 – Bob Ridgely's snail-eater
Dipsas bothropoides Mebert, Passos, Fernandes, Entiauspe-Neto, Queiroz-Alvez, Machado & Lopes, 2020
Dipsas brevifacies (Cope, 1866) – snail-eating thirst snake, short-faced snail-eater
Dipsas bucephala (Shaw, 1802) – neotropical snail-eater
Dipsas catesbyi (Sentzen, 1796) – Catesby's snail-eater
Dipsas chaparensis Reynolds & Foster, 1992
Dipsas cisticeps (Boettger, 1885) – neotropical snail-eater
Dipsas copei (Günther, 1872)
Dipsas elegans (Boulenger, 1896)
Dipsas ellipsifera (Boulenger, 1898)
Dipsas gaigeae (Oliver, 1937) – Gaige's thirst snail-eater, Gaige's thirst snake, zicatlinán
Dipsas georgejetti Arteaga et al., 2018 – George Jett's snail-eater
Dipsas gracilis (Boulenger, 1902) – graceful snail-eater
Dipsas incerta (Jan, 1863) – Jan's snail-eater
Dipsas indica Laurenti, 1768 – neotropical snail-eater
Dipsas jamespetersi Orcés & Almendáriz, 1989
Dipsas klebbai Arteaga et al., 2018 – Klebba's snail-eate
Dipsas latifrontalis (Boulenger, 1905) – broad-fronted snail-eater, Venezuela snail-eater
Dipsas lavillai Scrocchi, Porto & Rey, 1993
Dipsas maxillaris (F. Werner, 1910) – Werner's thirst snake
Dipsas mikanii (Schlegel, 1837)
Dipsas neuwiedi (Ihering, 1911) – Neuwied's tree snake
Dipsas nicholsi (Dunn, 1933)
Dipsas oligozonata Orcés & Almendáriz, 1989
Dipsas oneilli Rossman & Thomas, 1979 – O'Neill's tree snake
Dipsas oreas (Cope, 1868) – Ecuador snail-eater
Dipsas oswaldobaezi Arteaga et al., 2018 – Oswaldo Báez's snail-eater
Dipsas pakaraima MacCulloch & Lathrop, 2004
Dipsas palmeri (Boulenger, 1912) – Palmer's snail-eater
Dipsas pavonina Schlegel, 1837 – northern snail-eater
Dipsas peruana (Boettger, 1898) – Peruvian snail-eater, Peru snail-eater
Dipsas praeornata (F. Werner, 1909)
Dipsas pratti (Boulenger, 1897) – Pratt's snail-eater
Dipsas sanctijoannis (Boulenger, 1911) – tropical snail-eater
Dipsas sazimai Fernandes, Marques & Argôlo, 2010
Dipsas schunkii (Boulenger, 1908) – Schunk's snail-eater
Dipsas temporalis (F. Werner, 1909) – temporal snail-eater
Dipsas tenuissima Taylor, 1954 – Taylor's snail-eater
Dipsas trinitatis Parker, 1926 – Trinidad snail-eater
Dipsas turgida (Cope, 1868) – Bolivian tree snake
Dipsas vagrans (Dunn, 1923) – Dunn's tree snake
Dipsas vagus (Jan, 1863) – Jan's tree snake
Dipsas variegata (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – variegated snail-eater
Dipsas ventrimaculata (Boulenger, 1885) – Boulenger's tree snake
Dipsas vermiculata J.A. Peters, 1960 – vermiculate snail-eater
Dipsas viguieri (Bocourt, 1884) – Bocourt's snail-eater
Dipsas welborni Arteaga & Batista, 2023
Dipsas williamsi Carillo de Espinoza, 1974 – Williams's tree snake

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Dipsas.

Description

Dipsas species are slender, small to medium-sized snakes, often no longer than 60 cm (24 in), and rarely longer than 100 cm (39 in). Coloration and color pattern may vary, but often consist of black and brown, frequently with alternating rings separated by white.

Distribution and habitat

Species in the genus Dipsas are found from southern Mexico through Central America and South America, as far as Argentina and Paraguay.

Behavior and diet

Species in the genus Dipsas are mostly arboreal snakes that mainly feed on land snails and slugs.

References

"Dipsas ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
Genus Dipsas at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Ray, Julie M.; Sánchez-Martínez, Paola; Batista, Abel; Mulcahy, Daniel G.; Sheehy, Coleman M. III; Smith, Eric N.; Pyron, R. Alexander; Arteaga, Alejandro (2023-03-02). "A new species of Dipsas (Serpentes, Dipsadidae) from central Panama". ZooKeys (1145): 131–167. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1145.96616. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 10208233.
Fernandes DS, Marques OAV, Argôlo AJS (2010). "A new species of Dipsas Laurenti from the Atlantic Forest of Brazil (Serpentes: Dipsadidae)". Zootaxa 2691: 57–66. Preview
de Lima, Ana Caroline; da Costa Prudente, Ana Lúcia (2009). "Morphological variation and systematics of Dipsas catesbyi (Sentzen, 1796) and Dipsas pavonina Schlegel, 1837 (Serpentes: Dipsadinae)". Zootaxa 2203: 31-48. Abstract & excerpt
Cadle, John E. (2005). "Systematics of snakes of the Dipsas oreas complex (Colubridae: Dipsadinae) in western Ecuador and Peru, with revalidation of D. elegans (Boulenger) and D. ellipsifera (Boulenger)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 158 (3): 67–136. doi:10.3099/0027-4100(2005)158[67:SOSOTD]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 33701271. Retrieved 2011-02-11.

Taxonomy

Description

Distribution and habitat

Behavior and diet

References

Further reading