Dipsas gracilis

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Dipsas gracilis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Dipsas
Species:
D. gracilis
Binomial name
Dipsas gracilis
(Boulenger, 1902)
Synonyms

Leptognathus gracilisBoulenger, 1902
Leptognathus hammondiiBoulenger, 1920
Sibynomorphus macrostomusAmaral, 1925

The graceful snail-eater (Dipsas gracilis), is a non-venomous snake found in the northern part of South America (NW Ecuador, Peru, and Colombia). [2] [3] No subspecies are currently recognized. [4] [3]

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References

  1. Ines Hladki, A., Ramírez Pinilla, M., Renjifo, J., Urbina, N., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Brito, J., Yánez-Muñoz, M. & Sánchez, J. (2019). Dipsas gracilis. In: IUCN 2020. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022.2.
  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. S2CID   33701271 . Retrieved 2011-02-11.
  3. 1 2 Dipsas gracilis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 13 November 2014.
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