Tropidodipsas
| Tropidodipsas | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| 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.[1]
Species
Seven species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Tropidodipsas annulifera Boulenger, 1894
- Tropidodipsas fasciata Günther, 1858
- Tropidodipsas fischeri Boulenger, 1894
- Tropidodipsas philippii (Jan, 1863)
- Tropidodipsas repleta G.R. Smith, Lemos-Espinal, Hartman & Chiszar, 2005
- Tropidodipsas sartorii Cope, 1863
- Tropidodipsas zweifeli Liner & Wilson, 1970
Etymology
The specific name, fischeri, is in honor of German herpetologist Johann Gustav Fischer.[2]
The specific name, philippii, is in honor of German-Chilean zoologist Rodolfo Amando Philippi.[3]
The specific name, sartorii, is in honor of German-Mexican naturalist Christian Carl Wilhelm Sartorius (1796–1872).[4]
The specific name, zweifeli, is in honor of American herpetologist Richard G. Zweifel.[5]
References
- 1 2 Genus Tropidodipsas at The Reptile Database
- ↑ Beolens et al., p. 90 ("Sibon fischeri ").
- ↑ Beolens et al., p. 206.
- ↑ Beolens et al., p. 233 ("Sibon sartorii ").
- ↑ Beolens et al., p. 294.
Further reading
- Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (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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