Dipsas brevifacies
Species of snake
Dipsas brevifacies | |
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Dipsas brevifacies (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Conservation status | |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
Genus: | Dipsas |
Species: | D. brevifacies |
Binomial name | |
Dipsas brevifacies (Cope, 1866) | |
Synonyms | |
Tropidodipsas brevifacies (Cope, 1866) |
The snail-eating thirst snake or short-faced snail-eater (Dipsas brevifacies) is a non-venomous snake found in Mexico, Belize and Guatemala.[2] Its length for male is approximately 373 mm and for female 357 mm, (minimum 131 mm). They are oviparous in nature.[3]
References
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- Cope, E. D. 1866. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia. 18: 127.
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