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 variegata | |
|---|---|
_(38097074564).jpg)
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| 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 variegatus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 | |
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
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c Dipsas variegata at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2017.
- ^ Dipsas trinitatis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2017.
- ^ Boos, Hans E.A. (2001). The snakes of Trinidad and Tobago. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX. ISBN 1-58544-116-3.
.jpg){kind=small} | This article relating to Dipsadinae is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |