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Dipsas Laurenti, 1768
Taxonomic Serial No.: 585657

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):
	Common Name(s):

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2017

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Reptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles
	Order	Squamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents
	Suborder	Serpentes Linnaeus, 1758 – Snakes, cobra, serpente, serpents
	Infraorder	Alethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923
	Family	Colubridae Oppel, 1811 – Colubrids, Typical Snakes
	Subfamily	Dipsadinae Bonaparte, 1838
	Genus	Dipsas Laurenti, 1768
		Direct Children:
	Species	Dipsas albifrons (Sauvage, 1884) – Sauvage's Snail-eater
	Species	Dipsas alternans (Fischer, 1885) – Jan's Snail-eater
	Species	Dipsas andiana (Boulenger, 1896)
	Species	Dipsas articulata (Cope, 1868) – American Snail-eater
	Species	Dipsas baliomelas Harvey, 2008
	Species	Dipsas bicolor (Günther, 1895) – Two-colored Snail-eater
	Species	Dipsas brevifacies (Cope, 1866) – Culebra-caracolera chata, Snail-eating Thirst Snake
	Species	Dipsas bucephala (Shaw, 1802) – Neotropical Snail-eater
	Species	Dipsas catesbyi (Sentzen, 1796) – Catesby's Snail-eater
	Species	Dipsas chaparensis Reynolds and Foster, 1992
	Species	Dipsas copei (Günther, 1872)
	Species	Dipsas elegans (Boulenger, 1896)
	Species	Dipsas ellipsifera (Boulenger, 1898)
	Species	Dipsas gaigeae (Oliver, 1937) – Culebra-caracolera de Gaige, Gaige's Thirst Snail-eater
	Species	Dipsas gracilis (Boulenger, 1902) – Graceful Snail-eater
	Species	Dipsas incerta (Jan, 1863) – Jan's Snail-eater
	Species	Dipsas indica Laurenti, 1768 – Neotropical Snail-eater
	Species	Dipsas maxillaris (Werner, 1910) – Werner's Thirst Snake
	Species	Dipsas nicholsi (Dunn, 1933)
	Species	Dipsas oreas (Cope, 1868) – Ecuador Snail-eater
	Species	Dipsas pakaraima MacCulloch and Lathrop, 2004
	Species	Dipsas pavonina Schlegel, 1837 – Northern Snail-eater
	Species	Dipsas peruana (Boettger, 1898) – Peru Snail-eater
	Species	Dipsas praeornata (Werner, 1909)
	Species	Dipsas pratti (Boulenger, 1897) – Pratt's Snail-eater
	Species	Dipsas sanctijoannis (Boulenger, 1911) – Tropical Snail-eater
	Species	Dipsas sazimai Fernandes, Marques and Argôlo, 2010
	Species	Dipsas schunkii (Boulenger, 1908) – Schunk's Snail-eater
	Species	Dipsas temporalis (Werner, 1909) – Temporal Snail-eater
	Species	Dipsas tenuissima Taylor, 1954 – Taylor's Snail-eater
	Species	Dipsas trinitatis Parker, 1926 – Trinidad Snail-eater
	Species	Dipsas variegata (A. M. C. Duméril, Bibron and A. H. A. Duméril, 1854) – Variegated Snail-eater
	Species	Dipsas vermiculata Peters, 1960 – Vermiculate Snail-eater
	Species	Dipsas viguieri (Bocourt, 1884) – Bocourt's Snail-eater

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Roy W. McDiarmid
	Notes:	U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
	Reference for:	Dipsas

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)
	Acquired:	2000
	Notes:	CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)
	Reference for:	Dipsas

	Source:	Snake Species of the World, vol. undetermined, manuscript (version 2004)
	Acquired:	2004
	Notes:	Working manuscript of follow-up volumes to McDiarmid et al. (1999), "Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1"
	Reference for:	Dipsas

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.
	Publication Date:	1993
	Article/Chapter Title:	Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17
	Page(s):	iv + 73
	Publisher:	Carnegie Museum of Natural History
	Publication Place:	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-911239-42-1
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Dipsas

Geographic Information


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Comments


	Comment:	Snake genus Dipsas Laurenti, 1768 (TSN 585657) is a senior homonym of bivalve genus Dipsas Leach, 1814 (TSN 983350)

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