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