Tropidodipsas

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

Geographic range

Species of the genus Tropidodipsas are found in Mexico and Central America.

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 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

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.

Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.
Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I–XX. (Genus Tropidodipsas, p. 294; T. annulifera, new species, p. 297 + Plate XIV, figure 1; T. fasciata, p. 295; T. fischeri, p. 296; T. philippii, p. 295; T. sartorii, pp. 296–297).
Günther A (1858). Catalogue of the Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xvi + 281 pp. (Tropidodipsas, new genus, pp. 180–181).

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