Dipsas elegans

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Dipsas elegans
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Dipsas
Species:
D. elegans
Binomial name
Dipsas elegans
(Boulenger, 1896)

Dipsas elegans is a non-venomous snake found in Ecuador. [2]

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References

  1. Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Almendáriz, A. & Yánez-Muñoz, M. (2017). Dipsas elegans. In: IUCN 2020. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022.2.
  2. Dipsas elegans at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 13 November 2014.