Tropidodipsas

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Sauropsida
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Xenodontinae
Genus: Tropidodipsas
Species: T. fasciata – T. fischeri – T. guerreroensis – T. papavericola – T. philippii – T. repleta – T. tricolor – T. zweifeli

Name

Tropidodipsas Günther, 1858
References

Günther, A. (1858) Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. London, p. 1-281.

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.[1]
Species

Eight species are recognized as being valid.[1]

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

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, zweifeli, is in honor of American herpetologist Richard G. Zweifel.[4]
References

Genus Tropidodipsas at The Reptile Database
Beolens et al., p. 90 ("Sibon fischeri ").
Beolens et al., p. 206.

Beolens et al., p. 294.

Further reading

Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (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).