Sibon (snake)

Sibon is a genus of snakes found in northern South America, Central America and Mexico.^[1][2]

Sibon
Sibon nebulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Dipsadinae
Genus:	Sibon Fitzinger, 1826
Type species
Coluber nebulatus Linnaeus, 1758
Diversity
22 species (see text)

Species

There are 22 Sibon species:^[2]

• Sibon annulatus (Günther, 1872) - ringed snail sucker
• Sibon anthracops (Cope, 1868) - Cope's snail sucker
• Sibon argus (Cope, 1876) - Argus snail sucker
• Sibon ayerbeorum Vera-Pérez, 2019 - Ayerbes's snail-eater
• Sibon bevridgelyi Arteaga et al., 2018 - Bev Ridgely's snail-eater
• Sibon canopy Arteaga & Batista, 2023^[3]
• Sibon carri (Shreve, 1951) - Carr's snail sucker
• Sibon dimidiatus (Günther, 1872) - slender snail sucker
• Sibon dunni J.A. Peters, 1957 - Dunn's snail sucker
• Sibon irmelindicaprioae Arteaga & Batista, 2023^[3]
• Sibon lamari Solórzano, 2001
• Sibon leucomelas (Boulenger, 1896) - cloudy snail-eating snake
• Sibon linearis Pérez-Higareda, López-Luna & H.M. Smith, 2002 - lined snail sucker
• Sibon longifrenis (Stejneger, 1909) - Stejneger's snail sucker, lichen-colored snail sucker
• Sibon manzanaresi McCranie, 2007
• Sibon marleyae Arteaga & Batista, 2023^[3]
• Sibon merendonensis Rovito, Papenfuss & Vásquez-Almazán, 2012
• Sibon miskitus McCranie, 2006
• Sibon nebulatus (Linnaeus, 1758) - cloudy snail-eating snake
• Sibon noalamina Lotzkat, Hertz & G. Köhler, 2012
• Sibon perissostichon G. Köhler, Lotzkat & Hertz, 2010
• Sibon vieirai Arteaga & Batista, 2023^[3]
• Sibon sanniolus (Cope, 1868) - pigmy snail sucker

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Sibon.