Dipsas mikanii

Dipsas mikanii
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Dipsas
Species:	D. mikanii
Binomial name
	Dipsas mikanii; Schlegel, 1837
Synonyms
	Anholodon mikanii; (Schlegel, 1837); Cochliophagus mikani; (Schlegel, 1837); Leptognathus mikanii; (Schlegel, 1837); Sibynomorphus mikanii; (Schlegel, 1837); Leptognathus garmani; Cope, 1887; Sibynomorphus garmani; (Cope, 1887);

Last updated October 10, 2025

Dipsas mikanii is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to eastern South America.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, mikanii, is in honor of German biologist Johann Christian Mikan.^[3]

Geographic distribution

Dipsas mikanii is found in Argentina, eastern Brazil, and Paraguay.^[1]^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of Dipsas mikanii are forest and savanna, at elevations from sea level to 1,350 m (4,430 ft).^[1]

Behavior

Dipsas mikanii is terrestrial, semiarboreal, and nocturnal.^[1]

Diet

Dipsas mikanii preys predominately upon mollusks, slugs, and snails.^[2]

Reproduction

Dipsas mikanii is oviparous.^[1]^[2] Females lay eggs in communal nests.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 Silveira AL, Argôlo AJS, Abrahão CR, Nogueira C de C, Strüssmann C, Loebmann D, Barbo FE, Franco FL, Costa GC, de Moura GJB, Zaher H el D, Borges-Martins M, Martins MRC, Oliveira ME, Hoogmoed MS, Marques OAV, Bérnils RS, Kawashita-Ribeiro RA, Sawaya RJ, Passos PGH, da Costa TBG (2019). Dipsas mikanii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019.
1 2 3 4 5 Dipsas mikanii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 13 November 2014.
↑ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sibynomorphus mikanii, p. 178).

Albuquerque, C.E.; Ferrarezzi, H. (2004). "A case of communal nesting in the neotropical snake Sibynomorphus makinii (Serpentes, Colubridae)". Phyllomedusa. 3 (1): 73–77.
Boulenger, G.A. (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ), Amblycephalidæ, and Viperidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I–XXV. (Leptognathus mikani, pp. 453–454).
Freiberg, M. (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Sibynomorphus mikanii, pp. 109–110).
Schlegel, H. (1837). Essai sur la physionomie des serpens. Partie Descriptive. Amsterdam: M.H. Schonekat. 606 + xvi pp. (Dipsas mikanii, new species, pp. 277–278). (in French).

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[iucn-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Silveira AL, Argôlo AJS, Abrahão CR, Nogueira C de C, Strüssmann C, Loebmann D, Barbo FE, Franco FL, Costa GC, de Moura GJB, Zaher H el D, Borges-Martins M, Martins MRC, Oliveira ME, Hoogmoed MS, Marques OAV, Bérnils RS, Kawashita-Ribeiro RA, Sawaya RJ, Passos PGH, da Costa TBG (2019). Dipsas mikanii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 4 5 Dipsas mikanii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 13 November 2014.

[3] Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sibynomorphus mikanii, p. 178).

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