Sibon is a genus of snakes found in northern South America, Central America and Mexico.[1][2]

Sibon
Sibon nebulatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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There are 22 Sibon species:[2]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Sibon.

References

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  1. ^ "Sibon Fitzinger, 1826". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. ^ a b Sibon at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 April 2015.
  3. ^ 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

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  • 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).