''Tropidodipsas'' is a
genus
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of
New World
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snakes of the
family
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Colubridae
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.
Geographic range
Species
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of the genus ''Tropidodipsas'' are found in
Mexico
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and
Central America
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.
Species
Ten species are recognized as being valid.
* ''
Tropidodipsas fasciata''
Günther, 1858
* ''
Tropidodipsas fischeri''
Boulenger, 1894
* ''
Tropidodipsas guerreroensis''
Taylor, 1939 Guerrero snail sucker
* ''
Tropidodipsas papavericola''
Grünwald, Toribio-Jiménez, Montaño-Ruvalcaba, Franz-Chávez, Peñaloza-Montaño, Barrera-Nava, Jones, Rodriguez, Hughes, Strickland, & Reyes-Velasco, 2021
* ''
Tropidodipsas philippii''
( Jan, 1863)
* ''
Tropidodipsas repleta''
G.R. Smith, Lemos-Espinal, Hartman & Chiszar, 2005
* ''
Tropidodipsas tricolor''
Grünwald, Toribio-Jiménez, Montaño-Ruvalcaba, Franz-Chávez, Peñaloza-Montaño, Barrera-Nava, Jones, Rodriguez, Hughes, Strickland, & Reyes-Velasco, 2021
* ''
Tropidodipsas zweifeli''
Liner & Wilson
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, 1970
Etymology
The
specific name, ''fischeri'', is in honor of German
herpetologist
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Johann Gustav Fischer.
The specific name, ''philippii'', is in honor of German-Chilean zoologist
Rodolfo Amando Philippi
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.
The specific name, ''sartorii'', is in honor of
German-Mexican naturalist
Christian Carl Wilhelm Sartorius
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(1796–1872).
The specific name, ''zweifeli'', is in honor of American herpetologist
Richard G. Zweifel.
[Beolens et al., p. 294.]
References
Further reading
*
Beolens B,
Watkins M,
Grayson M (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. 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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Tropidodipsas
Snake genera
Taxa named by Albert Günther