Dipsas nicholsi

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Dipsas nicholsi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Dipsas
Species:
D. nicholsi
Binomial name
Dipsas nicholsi
(Dunn, 1933)

Dipsas nicholsi is a non-venomous snake found in Panama. [2]

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References

  1. Ibáñez, R., Jaramillo, C., Stafford, P. & Harvey, M. (2013). Dipsas nicholsi. In: IUCN 2020. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022.2.
  2. Dipsas nicholsi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 13 November 2014.