Dipsas variegata, the variegated snail-eater,[2] is a snake found in South America.[2] It is reported to feed almost exclusively on tree snails and slugs.

Dipsas variegata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Dipsas
Species:
D. variegata
Binomial name
Dipsas variegata
Synonyms

Leptognathus variegatus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854

Dipsas trinitatis, the Trinidad snail-eater from Trinidad and Tobago, has sometimes been considered a subspecies of Dipsas variegata (Dipsas variegata trinitatis).[3][4]

Reproduction

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References

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  1. ^ Catenazzi, A., Gonzales, L., Hoogmoed, M., Nogueira, C., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Schargel, W., Rivas, G. & Murphy, J. (2019). Dipsas variegata . In: IUCN 2020. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022.2.
  2. ^ a b c Dipsas variegata at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2017.
  3. ^ Dipsas trinitatis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2017.
  4. ^ Boos, Hans E.A. (2001). The snakes of Trinidad and Tobago. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX. ISBN 1-58544-116-3.