Dipsas articulata

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American snail-eater
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Dipsas
Species:
D. articulata
Binomial name
Dipsas articulata
(Cope, 1868)

Dipsas articulata, commonly known as the American snail-eater, is a non-venomous species of snake found in Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. [2]

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References

  1. Batista, A., Saborío, G., Vargas Álvarez, J., García Rodríguez, A., Ballesteros, E. & Acosta Chaves, V. (2022). Dipsas articulata . In: IUCN 2020. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022.2.
  2. Dipsas articulata at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 13 November 2014.