Snail-eaters
Dipsas
Dipsas is a genus of nonvenomous New World colubrid snakes in the subfamily Xenodontinae.
55 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 55 known species
Catesby's Snail-eater
speciesDipsas catesbyi
Brazilian Slug-eating Snake
speciesDipsas mikanii
Neuwied's Tree Snake
speciesDipsas neuwiedi
Neotropical Snail-eater
speciesDipsas indica
Snail-eating Thirst Snake
speciesDipsas brevifacies
Bolivian Snail-eater
speciesDipsas turgida
Andean Snail-eater
speciesDipsas andiana
Elegant Snail-eater
speciesDipsas elegans
Tropical Snail-eater
speciesDipsas sanctijoannis
American Snail-eater
speciesDipsas articulata
Graceful Snail-eater
speciesDipsas gracilis
Spot-bellied Slug-eating Snake
speciesDipsas ventrimaculata
Variegated Snail-eater
speciesDipsas variegata
Northern Snail-eater
speciesDipsas pavonina
Taylor's Snail-eater
speciesDipsas tenuissima
Vermiculate Snail-eater
speciesDipsas vermiculata
Neotropical Snail-eater
speciesDipsas bucephala
Klebba's Snail-Eater
speciesDipsas klebbai
Dipsas palmeri
speciesDipsas palmeri
Trinidad Snail-eater
speciesDipsas trinitatis
Sauvage's Snail-eater
speciesDipsas albifrons
Dipsas aparatiritos
speciesDipsas aparatiritos
George Jett's Snail-Eater
speciesDipsas georgejetti
Temporal Snail-eater
speciesDipsas temporalis
Gaige's Thirst Snail-eater
speciesDipsas gaigeae
Ibarra Snail-eater
speciesDipsas ellipsifera
Two-colored Snail-eater
speciesDipsas bicolor
Pratt's Snail-eater
speciesDipsas pratti
Jan's Snail-eater
speciesDipsas alternans
Williams' Tree Snake
speciesDipsas williamsi
Ecuador Snail-eater
speciesDipsas oreas
James Peters's Snail-eater
speciesDipsas jamespetersi
Cope's Snail-eater
speciesDipsas copei
Atlantic Forest Snail-eater
speciesDipsas sazimai
Peruvian Thirst Snake
speciesDipsas peruana
El Oro Snail Eater
speciesDipsas bobridgelyi
Dipsas welborni
speciesDipsas welborni
O'Neill's Tree Snake
speciesDipsas oneilli
La Villa's Slug-eating Snake
speciesDipsas lavillai
Neotropical Snail-eater
speciesDipsas cisticeps
Chapare Snail-eater
speciesDipsas chaparensis
Dipsas latifrontalis
speciesDipsas latifrontalis
Schunk's Snail-eater
speciesDipsas schunkii
Dipsas oligozonata
speciesDipsas oligozonata
Bocourt's Snail-eater
speciesDipsas viguieri
Serra do Cariri Snail Eater
speciesDipsas bothropoides
Dipsas nicholsi
speciesDipsas nicholsi
Macarena Mountains Snail-eater
speciesDipsas baliomelas
Venezuelan Snail-eater
speciesDipsas praeornata
Dunn's Tree Snake
speciesDipsas vagrans
Jan's Tree Snake
speciesDipsas vagus
Dipsas oswaldobaezi
speciesDipsas oswaldobaezi
Dipsas pakaraima
speciesDipsas pakaraima
Jan's Snail-eater
speciesDipsas incerta
Werner's Thirst Snake
speciesDipsas maxillaris
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1586 · p.227
Serpentum et Draconum Historiae
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1640 · p.236
Ulyssis Aldrovandi ... serpentum et draconum historiae libri duo
Ambrosini, Bartolommeo · 1640 · p.229
History of Serpents and Dragons
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1640 · p.228
Noah's Ark
Athanasius Kircher · 1675 · p.99
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 30362.