Tropidodipsas

Tropidodipsas is a genus of New World snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae.

Geographic range

Species of the genus Tropidodipsas are found in Mexico and Central America.

Species

Eight species are recognized as being valid.

• Tropidodipsas fasciata <small>Günther, 1858</small> – banded snail sucker
• Tropidodipsas fischeri <small>Boulenger, 1894</small> – Fischer’s snail-eating snake
• Tropidodipsas guerreroensis <small>Taylor, 1939</small> – Guerrero snail sucker
• Tropidodipsas papavericola <small>, , , , , , , , , & , 2021</small>
• Tropidodipsas philippii <small>(Jan, 1863)</small> – Philippi’s snail-eating snake
• Tropidodipsas repleta <small>H.M. Smith, , & , 2005</small>
• Tropidodipsas tricolor <small>Grünwald, Toribio-Jiménez, Montaño-Ruvalcaba, Franz-Chávez, Peñaloza-Montaño, Barrera-Nava, J.M. Jones, C.M. Rodriguez, I.M. Hughes, Strickland & Reyes-Velasco, 2021</small> – tricolor snail sucker
• Tropidodipsas zweifeli <small> & , 1970</small> – 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

Further reading

• Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. .
• 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.&nbsp;294; T. annulifera, new species, p.&nbsp;297 + Plate XIV, figure 1; T. fasciata, p.&nbsp;295; T. fischeri, p.&nbsp;296; T. philippii, p.&nbsp;295; T. sartorii, pp.&nbsp;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.&nbsp;180–181).