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{{Automatic taxobox | image = Dipsas catesbyi in Ecuador.jpg | image_caption = Dipsas catesbyi in Ecuador. | taxon = Dipsas | authority = Laurenti, 1768 }}Dipsas is a genus of nonvenomous New World snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae. The genus Sibynomorphus has been moved here. Geographic rangeSpecies in the genus Dipsas are found from southern Mexico through Central America and South America, as far as Argentina and Paraguay.[1][2]TaxonomyThe genus Dipsas includes over 30 distinct species.[3] DescriptionDipsas species are slender, small to medium-sized snakes, often no longer than {{Convert|60|cm|in|abbr=on}}, and rarely longer than {{Convert|100|cm|in|abbr=on}}. Coloration and color pattern may vary, but often consist of black and brown, frequently with alternating rings separated by white. Behavior and dietSpecies in the genus Dipsas are mostly arboreal snakes that mainly feed on land snails and slugs. SpeciesThe following species are recognized as being valid.[4] - Dipsas albifrons {{small|(Sauvage, 1884)}}
- Dipsas alternans {{small|(Fischer, 1885)}}
- Dipsas andiana {{small|(Boulenger, 1896)}}
- Dipsas articulata {{small|(Cope, 1868)}}
- Dipsas baliomelas {{small|Harvey, 2008}}
- Dipsas bicolor {{small|(Günther, 1895)}}
- Dipsas bobridgelyi {{small|Arteaga et. al., 2018}}
- Dipsas brevifacies {{small|(Cope, 1866)}}
- Dipsas bucephala {{small|(Shaw, 1802)}}
- Dipsas catesbyi {{small|(Sentzen, 1796)}}
- Dipsas chaparensis {{small|Reynolds & Foster, 1992}}
- Dipsas cisticeps {{small|(Boettger, 1885)}}
- Dipsas copei {{small|(Günther, 1872)}}
- Dipsas elegans {{small|(Boulenger, 1896)}}
- Dipsas ellipsifera {{small|(Boulenger, 1898)}}
- Dipsas gaigeae {{small|(Oliver, 1937)}}
- Dipsas georgejetti {{small|Arteaga et. al., 2018}}
- Dipsas gracilis {{small|(Boulenger, 1902)}}
- Dipsas incerta {{small|(Jan, 1863)}}
- Dipsas indica {{small|Laurenti, 1768}}
- Dipsas jamespetersi Orcés & Almendáriz, 1989
- Dipsas klebbai {{small|Arteaga et. al., 2018}}
- Dipsas latifrontalis {{small|(Boulenger, 1905)}}
- Dipsas lavillai Scrocchi, Porto & Rey, 1993
- Dipsas maxillaris {{small|(F. Werner, 1910)}}
- Dipsas mikanii (Schlegel, 1837)
- Dipsas neivai {{small|Amaral, 1926}}
- Dipsas neuwiedi (Ihering, 1911)
- Dipsas nicholsi {{small|(Dunn, 1933)}}
- Dipsas oligozonata Orcés & Almendáriz, 1989
- Dipsas oneilli Rossman & Thomas, 1979
- Dipsas oreas {{small|(Cope, 1868)}}
- Dipsas oswaldobaezi {{small|Arteaga et. al., 2018}}
- Dipsas pakaraima {{small|MacCulloch & Lathrop, 2004}}
- Dipsas palmeri {{small|(Boulenger, 1912)}}
- Dipsas pavonina {{small|Schlegel, 1837}}
- Dipsas peruana {{small|(Boettger, 1898)}}
- Dipsas praeornata {{small|(F. Werner, 1909)}}
- Dipsas pratti {{small|(Boulenger, 1897)}}
- Dipsas sanctijoannis {{small|(Boulenger, 1911)}}
- Dipsas sazimai {{small|Fernandes, Marques & Argôlo, 2010}}[5]
- Dipsas schunkii {{small|(Boulenger, 1908)}}
- Dipsas temporalis {{small|(F. Werner, 1909)}}
- Dipsas tenuissima {{small|Taylor, 1954}}
- Dipsas trinitatis {{small|Parker, 1926}}
- Dipsas turgidus (Cope, 1868)
- Dipsas vagrans (Dunn, 1923)
- Dipsas vagus (Jan, 1863)
- Dipsas variegata {{small|(A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)}}
- Dipsas ventrimaculatus (Boulenger, 1885)
- Dipsas vermiculata {{small|J.A. Peters, 1960}}
- Dipsas viguieri {{small|(Bocourt, 1884)}}
- Dipsas williamsi Carillo de Espinoza, 1974
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Dipsas. References1. ^{{aut|De Lima AC}}, {{aut|Da Costa Prudente AL}} (2009). "Morphological variation and systematics of Dipsas catesbyi (Sentzen, 1796) and Dipsas pavonina Schlegel, 1837 (Serpentes: Dipsadinae)". Zootaxa 2203: 31-48. Abstract & excerpt 2. ^{{cite journal |last=Cadle |first=John E. |url=http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.3099/0027-4100%282005%29158%5B67%3ASOSOTD%5D2.0.CO%3B2 |title = Systematics of snakes of the Dipsas oreas complex (Colubridae: Dipsadinae) in western Ecuador and Peru, with revalidation of D. elegans (Boulenger) and D. ellipsifera (Boulenger) |journal=Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology |volume=158 |issue=3 |pages=67–136 |publisher= |year=2005 |doi=10.3099/0027-4100(2005)158[67:SOSOTD]2.0.CO;2 |id= |accessdate=2011-02-11}} 3. ^{{ITIS |id=585657|taxon=Dipsas |accessdate=10 February 2011}} 4. ^"Dipsas ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. 5. ^{{aut|Fernandes DS}}, {{aut|Marques OAV}}, {{aut|Argôlo AJS}} (2010). "A new species of Dipsas Laurenti from the Atlantic Forest of Brazil (Serpentes: Dipsadidae)". Zootaxa 2691: 57–66. Preview
Further reading- Freiberg MA (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. {{ISBN|0-87666-912-7}}. (Genus Dipsas, pp. 93–94).
- Laurenti JN (1768). Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austriacorum. Vienna: "Joan. Thom. Nob. de Trattnern". 214 pp. + Plates I-V. (Dipsas, new genus, pp. 89–90). (in Latin).
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