Tropidodipsas

Tropidodipsas is a genus of New World snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae.

Tropidodipsas
Tropidodipsas fasciata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Dipsadinae
Genus:	Tropidodipsas Günther, 1858

Geographic range

Species of the genus Tropidodipsas are found in Mexico and Central America.^[1]

Species

Eight species are recognized as being valid.^[1]

• Tropidodipsas fasciata Günther, 1858 – banded snail sucker
• Tropidodipsas fischeri Boulenger, 1894 – Fischer’s snail-eating snake
• Tropidodipsas guerreroensis Taylor, 1939 – Guerrero snail sucker
• Tropidodipsas papavericola Grünwald, Toribio-Jiménez, Montaño-Ruvalcaba, Franz-Chávez, Peñaloza-Montaño, Barrera-Nava, J.M. Jones, C.M. Rodriguez, I. Hughes, Strickland & Reyes-Velasco, 2021
• Tropidodipsas philippii (Jan, 1863) – Philippi’s snail-eating snake
• Tropidodipsas repleta H.M. Smith, Lemos-Espinal, Hartman & Chiszar, 2005
• Tropidodipsas tricolor Grünwald, Toribio-Jiménez, Montaño-Ruvalcaba, Franz-Chávez, Peñaloza-Montaño, Barrera-Nava, J.M. Jones, C.M. Rodriguez, I.M. Hughes, Strickland & Reyes-Velasco, 2021 – tricolor snail sucker
• Tropidodipsas zweifeli Liner & Wilson, 1970 – Zweifel’s snail-eating snake

Etymology

The specific name, fischeri, is in honor of German herpetologist Johann Gustav Fischer.^[2]

The specific name, philippii, is in honor of German-Chilean zoologist Rodolfo Amando Philippi.^[3]

The specific name, zweifeli, is in honor of American herpetologist Richard G. Zweifel.^[4]