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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
| Genus: | Tropidodipsas Günther, 1858 |
Tropidodipsas is a genus of New World snakes of the family Colubridae.
Geographic range
Species of the genus Tropidodipsas are found in Mexico and Central America.
Species
Ten species are recognized as being valid.
- Tropidodipsas fasciata Günther, 1858 - banded snail sucker
- Tropidodipsas fischeri Boulenger, 1894 - Fischer’s snail-eating snake
- Tropidodipsas guerreroensis Taylor, 1939 – Guerrero snail sucker
- Tropidodipsas papavericola Grünwald, Toribio-Jiménez, Montaño-Ruvalcaba, Franz-Chávez, Peñaloza-Montaño, Barrera-Nava, J.M. Jones, C.M. Rodriguez, I. Hughes, Strickland & Reyes-Velasco, 2021
- Tropidodipsas philippii (Jan, 1863) - Philippi’s snail-eating snake
- Tropidodipsas repleta H.M. Smith, Lemos-Espinal, Hartman & Chiszar, 2005
- Tropidodipsas tricolor Grünwald, Toribio-Jiménez, Montaño-Ruvalcaba, Franz-Chávez, Peñaloza-Montaño, Barrera-Nava, J.M. Jones, C.M. Rodriguez, I.M. Hughes, Strickland & Reyes-Velasco, 2021 - tricolor snail sucker
- Tropidodipsas zweifeli Liner & Wilson, 1970 - Zweifel’s snail-eating snake
Etymology
The specific name, fischeri, is in honor of German herpetologist Johann Gustav Fischer.
The specific name, philippii, is in honor of German-Chilean zoologist Rodolfo Amando Philippi.
The specific name, zweifeli, is in honor of American herpetologist Richard G. Zweifel.
References
- ^ Genus Tropidodipsas at The Reptile Database
- Beolens et al., p. 90 ("Sibon fischeri ").
- Beolens et al., p. 206.
- Beolens et al., p. 294.
Further reading
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.
- Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I-XX. (Genus Tropidodipsas, p. 294; T. annulifera, new species, p. 297 + Plate XIV, figure 1; T. fasciata, p. 295; T. fischeri, p. 296; T. philippii, p. 295; T. sartorii, pp. 296–297).
- Günther A (1858). Catalogue of the Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xvi + 281 pp. (Tropidodipsas, new genus, pp. 180–181).
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