| Synophis bicolor | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Synophis |
| Species: | S. bicolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Synophis bicolor Peracca, 1896 | |
Synophis bicolor, known commonly as the bicolored shadow snake or the two-colored fishing snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to northwestern South America.
The preferred habitats of S. bicolor are lowland rainforest and Andean cloud forest; in both it is found in leaf litter and in bushes. [2]
S. bicolor is nocturnal, terrestrial, and semiarboreal. [2]
Dorsally, S. bicolor is uniformly brown, lighter on the sides. Ventrally, it is yellowish white. The upper lip is also yellowish white. The dorsal scales are keeled, in 19 rows at midbody, and without apical pits. [3]
The diet of S. bicolor is unknown. [4] Even though one of its common names alludes to fishing, there is no evidence that this species eats fish. [5]
S. bicolor is oviparous. Clutch size varies from two to eight eggs. [2]
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Sibon irmelindicaprioae is a species of nonvenomous snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae. It is endemic to Panama. The discovery was made by the Ecuadorian biologist Alejandro Arteaga and the Panamanian biologist Abel Batista in 2023. Sibon irmelindicaprioae belongs to the genus Sibon, and subfamily Dipsadinae. This is also called DiCaprio’s snail-eating snake.
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