Dipsas variegata

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Dipsas variegata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Dipsas
Species:
D. variegata
Binomial name
Dipsas variegata
Synonyms

Leptognathus variegatusDuméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854

Dipsas variegata, the variegated snail-eater, [2] is a snake found in South America. [2] It is reported to feed almost exclusively on tree snails and slugs.

Dipsas trinitatis , the Trinidad snail-eater from Trinidad and Tobago, has sometimes been considered a subspecies of Dipsas variegata (Dipsas variegata trinitatis). [3] [4]

Reproduction

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References

  1. Catenazzi, A., Gonzales, L., Hoogmoed, M., Nogueira, C., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Schargel, W., Rivas, G. & Murphy, J. (2019). Dipsas variegata . In: IUCN 2020. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022.2.
  2. 1 2 3 Dipsas variegata at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2017.
  3. Dipsas trinitatis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2017.
  4. Boos, Hans E.A. (2001). The snakes of Trinidad and Tobago. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX. ISBN   1-58544-116-3.