Dipsas pratti

Dipsas pratti, known commonly as Pratt's snail-eater, is a species of arboreal snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to northern South America.

Dipsas pratti
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Dipsas
Species:	D. pratti
Binomial name
Dipsas pratti (Boulenger, 1897)
Synonyms[2]
Leptognathus pratti Boulenger, 1897 Dipsas pratti — J. Peters, 1960

Etymology

The specific name, pratti, is in honor of British naturalist Antwerp Edgar Pratt.^[3]

Geographic range

D. pratti is found in Colombia and Venezuela.^[2]

Biology

Very few examples of D. pratti have been studied, and the first photograph of a live example of this species was not published until 2012.^[4]