Tropidodipsas is a genus of New World snakes of the family Colubridae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
| Genus: | Tropidodipsas Günther, 1858 |
Geographic range edit
Species of the genus Tropidodipsas are found in Mexico and Central America.[1]
Species edit
Ten 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 edit
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]
References edit
- ^ a b Genus Tropidodipsas at The Reptile Database
- ^ Beolens et al., p. 90 ("Sibon fischeri ").
- ^ Beolens et al., p. 206.
- ^ Beolens et al., p. 294.
Further reading edit
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.
- Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I-XX. (Genus Tropidodipsas, p. 294; T. annulifera, new species, p. 297 + Plate XIV, figure 1; T. fasciata, p. 295; T. fischeri, p. 296; T. philippii, p. 295; T. sartorii, pp. 296–297).
- Günther A (1858). Catalogue of the Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xvi + 281 pp. (Tropidodipsas, new genus, pp. 180–181).