Tropidodipsas

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

Tropidodipsas
Tropidodipsas fasciata
Scientific classification
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

Seven species are recognized as being valid.[1]

• Tropidodipsas annulifera Boulenger, 1894
• Tropidodipsas fasciata Günther, 1858
• Tropidodipsas fischeri Boulenger, 1894
• Tropidodipsas philippii (Jan, 1863)
• Tropidodipsas repleta G.R. Smith, Lemos-Espinal, Hartman & Chiszar, 2005
• Tropidodipsas sartorii Cope, 1863
• Tropidodipsas zweifeli Liner & Wilson, 1970

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, sartorii, is in honor of German-Mexican naturalist Christian Carl Wilhelm Sartorius (1796–1872).[4]

The specific name, zweifeli, is in honor of American herpetologist Richard G. Zweifel.[5]

References

1. Genus Tropidodipsas at The Reptile Database
2. Beolens et al., p. 90 ("Sibon fischeri ").
3. Beolens et al., p. 206.
4. Beolens et al., p. 233 ("Sibon sartorii ").
5. Beolens et al., p. 294.

Further reading

• Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (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).