Dipsas brevifacies
Dipsas brevifacies (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this 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

  1. Lee, J. & Calderón Mandujano, R. (2013). Dipsas brevifacies . In: IUCN 2020. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022.2.
  2. Dipsas brevifacies at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 November 2014.
  3. "Dipsas brevifacies". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  • Cope, E. D. 1866. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia. 18: 127.


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