Tropidodipsas
Tropidodipsas is a genus of New World snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae.
Geographic range
of the genus Tropidodipsas are found in Mexico and Central America.Species
Eight species are recognized as being valid.- Tropidodipsas fasciata Günther, 1858 – banded snail sucker
- Tropidodipsas fischeri Boulenger, 1894 – Fischer’s snail-eating snake
- Tropidodipsas guerreroensis Edward [Harrison Taylor|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 – 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.The specific name, philippii, is in honor of German-Chilean zoologist Rodolfo Amando Philippi.
The specific name, zweifeli, is in honor of American herpetologist Richard G. Zweifel.