Dipsas

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

Dipsas is a genus of non-venomous colubrid snakes that belong to the Xenodontinae subfamily. It is found from southern Mexico through Central America and South America, as far as Argentine and Paraguay.^{[1] [2]} The genus includes over 30 distinct species.^[3]

Dispas species are slender, small to medium sized snakes, often not larger than 60 cm 80 cm, and rarely larger than 100 cm. Coloration and color pattern may vary, but often consists of black and brown, frequently with alternating rings separated by white. They are mostly arboreal snakes that mainly feed on snails and slugs.

Species

• Dipsas albifrons (Sauvage, 1884)
• Dipsas articulata (Cope, 1868)
• Dipsas bicolor (Günther, 1895)
• Dipsas boettgeri (Werner, 1901)
• Dipsas brevifacies (Cope, 1866)
• Dipsas catesbyi (Sentzen, 1796)
• Dipsas chaparensis Reynolds and Foster, 1992
• Dipsas copei (Günther, 1872)
• Dipsas elegans (Boulenger, 1896)
• Dipsas gaigeae (Oliver, 1937)
• Dipsas gracilis (Boulenger, 1902)
• Dipsas incerta (Jan, 1863)
• Dipsas indica Laurenti, 1768
• Dipsas latifasciata (Boulenger, 1913)
• Dipsas latifrontalis (Boulenger, 1905)
• Dipsas neivai Amaral, 1926
• Dipsas oreas (Cope, 1868)
• Dipsas pavonina Schlegel, 1837
• Dipsas perijanensis (Alemán, 1953)
• Dipsas peruana (Boettger, 1898)
• Dipsas poecilolepis (Amaral, 1923)
• Dipsas polylepis (Boulenger, 1912)
• Dipsas pratti (Boulenger, 1897)
• Dipsas sanctijoannis (Boulenger, 1911)
• Dipsas schunkii (Boulenger, 1908)
• Dipsas temporalis (Werner, 1909)
• Dipsas tenuissima Taylor, 1954
• Dipsas variegata (Duméril, Bibron and Duméril, 1854)
• Dipsas vermiculata Peters, 1960
• Dipsas viguieri (Bocourt, 1884)

References

1. ^ 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
2. ^ 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. http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.3099/0027-4100%282005%29158%5B67%3ASOSOTD%5D2.0.CO%3B2. Retrieved 2011-02-11. 
3. ^ "Dipsas". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=585657. Retrieved 10 February 2011. 

• 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