Sibon (snake)

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Sibon
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Sibon nebulatus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Dipsadinae
Genus: Sibon
Fitzinger, 1826
Type species
Coluber nebulatus
Diversity
22 species (see text)

Sibon is a genus of snakes found in northern South America, Central America and Mexico. [1] [2]

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Species

There are 22 Sibon species: [2]

Nota bene : A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Sibon.

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References

  1. "Sibon Fitzinger, 1826". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. 1 2 Sibon at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 20 April 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Arteaga, Alejandro; Batista, Abel (2023). "A consolidated phylogeny of snail-eating snakes (Serpentes, Dipsadini), with the description of five new species from Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama". ZooKeys (1143): 1–49. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1143.93601 .

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