Dipsas brevifacies

Dipsas brevifacies, the snail-eating thirst snake or short-faced snail-eater, is a non-venomous snake found in Mexico, Belize and Guatemala.^[2] Its length for male is approximately 373 mm and for female 357 mm, (minimum 131 mm). They are oviparous in nature.^[3]

Holotype, at the Smithsonian Institution

Dipsas brevifacies
Eating Mesembrinus tropicalis
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Dipsadinae
Genus:	Dipsas
Species:	D. brevifacies
Binomial name
Dipsas brevifacies (Cope, 1866)
Synonyms
Tropidodipsas brevifacies (Cope, 1866)