Dipsas temporalis

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Dipsas temporalis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Dipsas
Species:
D. temporalis
Binomial name
Dipsas temporalis
(Werner, 1909)

Dipsas temporalis, the temporal snail-eater, is a non-venomous snake found in Panama, Ecuador, and Colombia. [2]

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References

  1. Ibáñez, R., Jaramillo, C., Velasco, J., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. & Bolívar, W. (2015) Dipsas temporalis. In: IUCN 2016. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022.2.
  2. Dipsas temporalis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 13 November 2014.