Sibon is a genus of snakes found in northern South America, Central America and Mexico.[1][2]
| Sibon | |
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| Sibon nebulatus | |
Scientific classification 
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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) | |
Species
editThere are 22 Sibon species:[2]
- Sibon annulatus (Günther, 1872) - ringed snail sucker
- Sibon anthracops (Cope, 1868) - Cope's snail sucker
- Sibon argus (Cope, 1876) - Argus snail sucker
- Sibon ayerbeorum Vera-Pérez, 2019 - Ayerbes's snail-eater
- Sibon bevridgelyi Arteaga et al., 2018 - Bev Ridgely's snail-eater
- Sibon canopy Arteaga & Batista, 2023[3]
- Sibon carri (Shreve, 1951) - Carr's snail sucker
- Sibon dimidiatus (Günther, 1872) - slender snail sucker
- Sibon dunni J.A. Peters, 1957 - Dunn's snail sucker
- Sibon irmelindicaprioae Arteaga & Batista, 2023[3]
- Sibon lamari Solórzano, 2001
- Sibon leucomelas (Boulenger, 1896) - cloudy snail-eating snake
- Sibon linearis Pérez-Higareda, López-Luna & H.M. Smith, 2002 - lined snail sucker
- Sibon longifrenis (Stejneger, 1909) - Stejneger's snail sucker, lichen-colored snail sucker
- Sibon manzanaresi McCranie, 2007
- Sibon marleyae Arteaga & Batista, 2023[3]
- Sibon merendonensis Rovito, Papenfuss & Vásquez-Almazán, 2012
- Sibon miskitus McCranie, 2006
- Sibon nebulatus (Linnaeus, 1758) - cloudy snail-eating snake
- Sibon noalamina Lotzkat, Hertz & G. Köhler, 2012
- Sibon perissostichon G. Köhler, Lotzkat & Hertz, 2010
- Sibon vieirai Arteaga & Batista, 2023[3]
- Sibon sanniolus (Cope, 1868) - pigmy snail sucker
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Sibon.
References
edit- ^ "Sibon Fitzinger, 1826". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ a b Sibon at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 April 2015.
- ^ a b c d 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.
Further reading
edit- Fitzinger LI (1826). Neue Classification der Reptilien nach ihren natürlichen Verwandtschaften. Nebst einer Verwandtschafts-tafel und einem Verzeichnisse der Reptilien-Sammlung des K. K. zoologischen Museum's zu Wien. Vienna: J.G. Heubner. five unnumbered + 67 pp. + one plate. (Sibon, new genus, pp. 29, 31). (in German and Latin).
- Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Genus Sibon, pp. 68, 70, 109).
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