| Tropidodipsas philippii | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Tropidodipsas |
| Species: | T. philippii |
| Binomial name | |
| Tropidodipsas philippii (Jan, 1863) | |
Tropidodipsas philippii, Philippi's snail-eating snake, is a species of snake in the family, Colubridae. It is found in Mexico. [2]
Snakes are elongated, limbless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes. Like all other squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales. Many species of snakes have skulls with several more joints than their lizard ancestors, enabling them to swallow prey much larger than their heads. To accommodate their narrow bodies, snakes' paired organs appear one in front of the other instead of side by side, and most have only one functional lung. Some species retain a pelvic girdle with a pair of vestigial claws on either side of the cloaca. Lizards have independently evolved elongate bodies without limbs or with greatly reduced limbs at least twenty-five times via convergent evolution, leading to many lineages of legless lizards. These resemble snakes, but several common groups of legless lizards have eyelids and external ears, which snakes lack, although this rule is not universal.
Colubridae is a family of snakes. With 249 genera, it is the largest snake family. The earliest species of the family date back to the Oligocene epoch. Colubrid snakes are found on every continent except Antarctica.
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Rodolfo AmandoPhilippi was a German–Chilean paleontologist and zoologist. Philippi contributed primarily to malacology and paleontology. His grandson, Rodulfo Amando Philippi Bañados (1905-1969), was also a zoologist and in order to avoid confusion in zoological nomenclature, the elder is referred to as "Philippi [Krumwiede]" to distinguish him from his grandson "Philippi [Bañados]".
The Veracruz moist forests is a tropical moist broadleaf forests ecoregion in eastern Mexico.
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Johann Gustav Fischer was a German herpetologist.
Dipsadinae is a large subfamily of colubroid snakes, sometimes referred to as a family (Dipsadidae). They are found in most of the Americas, including the West Indies, and are most diverse in South America. There are more than 700 species.
Tropidodipsas is a genus of New World snakes of the family Colubridae.
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Geophis annuliferus, also known as the western snail-eating snake, is a snake of the colubrid family. It is endemic to Mexico.
Geophis sartorii, also known commonly as Sartorius' snail-sucker and the terrestrial snail sucker, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to southern North America and Central America. There are two recognized subspecies.
Tropidodipsas fischeri, Fischer's snail-eating snake, is a species of snake in the family, Colubridae. It is found in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras.
Tropidodipsas guerreroensis, the Guerrero snail sucker, is a species of snake in the family, Colubridae. It is found in Mexico.
Tropidodipsas papavericola, the poppyfield snail sucker, is a species of snake in the family, Colubridae. It is found in Mexico.
Tropidodipsas repleta is a species of snake in the family, Colubridae. It is found in Mexico.
Tropidodipsas tricolor, the tricolor snail sucker, is a species of snake in the family, Colubridae. It is found in Mexico.
Tropidodipsas zweifeli, Zweifel's snail-eating snake, is a species of snake in the family, Colubridae. It is found in Mexico.
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