Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.
 
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Genus
Tropidodipsas
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Northern Snail Eaters, False Middle American Snail Eaters, Neotropical Snail Suckers
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Nördliche Schneckennattern
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Nordlige Sneglesnoge
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1858 |  |
Tropidodipsas Günther (type species: Tropidodipsas fasciata Günther 1858) |
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1863 | |
Galedon Jan (type species: Galedon annularis Jan 1870) |
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1878 | |
Tropidogeophis Müller (type species: Geophis annulatus Peters 1870) |
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1887 | |
Dipeltophis Cope (type species: Leptognathus albocinctus Fischer 1885) |
Contents:
8 species, of which 5 (62.5%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
Synonymized with
Sibon by Kofron (1985), but revalidated as a separate genus by Wallach (1995).
Distribution:
Mexico, Central America.
Reported from:
El Salvador,
Guatemala,
Honduras,
Mexico
(Campeche,
Chiapas,
Chihuahua,
Colima,
Guerrero,
Jalisco,
Michoacan,
Morelos,
Nayarit,
Oaxaca,
Puebla,
Quintana Roo,
San Luis Potosi,
Sinaloa,
Sonora,
Tamaulipas,
Veracruz,
Yucatan).
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Tropidodipsas fasciata
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Central American Banded Snail Eater
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Zentralamerikanische Gebänderte Schneckennatter
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Centralamerikansk Båndet Sneglesnog
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1858 | |
Tropidodipsas fasciata Günther |
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Leptognathus fasciatus Sumichrast 1880 |
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Sibon fasciata Kofron 1985 |
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1887 | |
Leptognathus subannulatus Müller (Kofron 1985) |
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Tropidodipsas fasciata subannulata Alvarez del Toro & Smith 1956 |
Other common names:
fasciata: Common Banded Snail Eater
subannulata: Müller's Snail Eater
Remarks:
Previously included guerreroensis.
Records from Guerrero and Michoacan refer to other species
(Grünwald, Toribio-Jiménez, Montaño-Ruvalcaba, Franz-Chávez, Peñaloza-Montaño, Barrera-Nava, Jones, Rodriguez, Hughes, Strickland & Reyes-Velasco 2021).
Distribution:
Guatemala,
Mexico
(Campeche,
Chiapas,
Oaxaca,
Quintana Roo,
San Luis Potosi,
Tamaulipas,
Veracruz,
Yucatan).
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Tropidodipsas fischeri
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Guatemalan Snail Eater, (Fischer's Snail Eater)
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Guatemalische Schneckennatter
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Guatemalansk Sneglesnog
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1885 | |
Virginia fasciata Fischer [not Tropidodipsas fasciata Günther 1858] |
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1892 | |
Tropidoclonium annulatum Bocourt [not Tropidodipsas annulatus Peters 1870] |
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1894 | |
Tropidodipsas fischeri Boulenger |
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Sibon fischeri Kofron 1985 |
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1942 | |
Tropidodipsas kidderi Stuart (Kofron 1985) |
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Sibon fischeri kidderi Kofron 1985 |
Remarks:
Status uncertain (Wallach 1995).
Distribution:
El Salvador,
Guatemala,
Honduras,
Mexico
(Chiapas,
Oaxaca).
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Tropidodipsas guerreroensis
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Guerrero Snail Eater
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Guerrero-Schneckennatter
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Guerrero-sneglesnog
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Tropidodipsas guerreroensis Taylor (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970) |
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Tropidodipsas fasciata guerreroensis Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 |
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Sibon fasciata guerreroensis Kofron 1985 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a subspecies of fasciata (e.g., Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970; Kofron 1985).
Revalidated as a separate species by Grünwald, Toribio-Jiménez, Montaño-Ruvalcaba, Franz-Chávez, Peñaloza-Montaño, Barrera-Nava, Jones, Rodriguez, Hughes, Strickland & Reyes-Velasco (2021).
A record of fasciata from Michoacan (Alvarado-Díaz, Suazo-Ortuño, Wilson & Medina-Aguilar 2013) is tentatively referred to guerreroensis.
Distribution:
Mexico
(Guerrero,
Michoacan,
Oaxaca).
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Tropidodipsas papavericola
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Poppyfield Snail Eater, Poppyfield Snailsucker
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Mohn-Schneckennatter
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Valmue-sneglesnog
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2021 | |
Tropidodipsas papavericola Grünwald, Toribio-Jiménez, Montaño-Ruvalcaba, Franz-Chávez, Peñaloza-Montaño, Barrera-Nava, Jones, Rodriguez, Hughes, Strickland & Reyes-Velasco |
Distribution:
Mexico
(Guerrero).
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Tropidodipsas philippii
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Sinaloan Snail Eater, (Philippi's Snail Eater)
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Sinaloa-Schneckennatter
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Sinaloa-sneglesnog
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1863 | |
Leptognathus philippii Jan |
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Tropidodipsas philippii Boulenger 1894 |
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Sibon philippi Kofron 1985 |
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1885 | |
Leptognathus albocinctus Fischer (Smith & Taylor 1945, Kofron 1985) |
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1937 | |
Tropidodipsas occidentalis Oliver (Kofron 1985, 1987) |
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1959 | |
Tropidodipsas freiae Shannon & Humphrey (Kofron 1985) |
Remarks:
Records from Guerrero and Oaxaca refer to other species
(Grünwald, Toribio-Jiménez, Montaño-Ruvalcaba, Franz-Chávez, Peñaloza-Montaño, Barrera-Nava, Jones, Rodriguez, Hughes, Strickland & Reyes-Velasco 2021).
Distribution:
Mexico
(Colima,
Jalisco,
Michoacan,
Nayarit,
Sinaloa).
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Tropidodipsas repleta
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Sonoran Snail Eater, Banded Blacksnake
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Sonora-Schneckennatter
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Sonora-sneglesnog
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Tropidodipsas repleta Smith, Lemos-Espinal, Hartman & Chiszar |
Distribution:
Mexico
(Chihuahua,
Sonora).
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Tropidodipsas tricolor
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Tricolor Snail Eater, Tricolor Snailsucker
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Dreifarbige Schneckennatter
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Trefarvet Sneglesnog
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Tropidodipsas tricolor Grünwald, Toribio-Jiménez, Montaño-Ruvalcaba, Franz-Chávez, Peñaloza-Montaño, Barrera-Nava, Jones, Rodriguez, Hughes, Strickland & Reyes-Velasco |
Distribution:
Mexico
(Guerrero,
Oaxaca).
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Tropidodipsas zweifeli
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Guerreran Snail Eater, (Zweifel's Snail Eater)
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Guerrero-Schneckennatter
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Guerrero-sneglesnog
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Chersodromus annulatus Zweifel [not Geophis annulatus Peters 1870] |
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1970 | |
Tropidodipsas zweifeli Liner & Wilson [substitute name for Chersodromus annulatus Zweifel 1954] |
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Sibon zweifeli Kofron 1985 |
Distribution:
Mexico
(Guerrero,
Morelos,
Puebla).
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