Dipsas variegata

Dipsas variegata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Dipsas
Species:	D. variegata
Binomial name
	Dipsas variegata; (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)
Synonyms
	Leptognathus variegatus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854

Dipsas variegata, the variegated snail-eater,^[1] is a snake found in South America.^[1] It is reported to feed almost exclusively on tree snails and slugs.

Dipsas trinitatis, the Trinidad snail-eater from Trinidad and Tobago, has sometimes been considered a subspecies of Dipsas variegata (Dipsas variegata trinitatis).^[2]^[3]

Reproduction

Oviparous^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Dipsas variegata at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2017.
^ Dipsas trinitatis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2017.
^ Boos, Hans E.A. (2001). The snakes of Trinidad and Tobago. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX. ISBN 1-58544-116-3.

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[RDB-1] Dipsas variegata at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2017.

[RDB-TT-2] Dipsas trinitatis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 January 2017.

[Trinidad_and_Tobago-3] Boos, Hans E.A. (2001). The snakes of Trinidad and Tobago. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX. ISBN 1-58544-116-3.

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