Dipsas is a genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of non-venomous colubrid

Colubrid

A colubrid is a member of the snake family Colubridae. This broad classification of snakes includes about two-thirds of all snake species on earth. The earliest species of the snake family date back to the Oligocene epoch. With 304 genera and 1,938 species, Colubridae is the largest snake family...

 snake

Snake

Snakes are elongate, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes that can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids and external ears. Like all squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales...

s that belong to the Xenodontinae

Xenodontinae

Xenodontinae is a subfamily of the Colubridae family of snakes. It encompasses a number of genera, which include species such as mud snakes and New World hognose snakes.- Genera :Other genera are often placed here but may actually belong elsewhere:...

subfamily. It is found from southern Mexico

Mexico

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 through Central America

Central America

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 and South America

South America

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, as far as Argentine and Paraguay

Paraguay

Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...

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The genus includes over 30 distinct species

Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

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Dispas species are slender, small to medium sized snakes, often not larger than 60 cm

CM

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 80 cm, and rarely larger than 100 cm. Coloration and color pattern may vary, but often consists of black and brown, frequently with alternating rings separated by white. They are mostly arboreal snakes that mainly feed on snail

Snail

Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...

s and slug

Slug

Slug is a common name that is normally applied to any gastropod mollusc that lacks a shell, has a very reduced shell, or has a small internal shell...

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Species

• Dipsas albifrons (Sauvage, 1884)
• Dipsas articulata (Cope, 1868)
• Dipsas bicolor (Günther, 1895)
• Dipsas boettgeri (Werner, 1901)
• Dipsas brevifacies (Cope, 1866)
• Dipsas catesbyi (Sentzen, 1796)
• Dipsas chaparensis Reynolds and Foster, 1992
• Dipsas copei (Günther, 1872)
• Dipsas elegans (Boulenger, 1896)
• Dipsas gaigeae (Oliver, 1937)
• Dipsas gracilis
  Dipsas gracilis
  The Graceful Snail-Eater , is a venomous snake found in the northern part of South America..No subspecies are currently recognized....
  
  (Boulenger, 1902)
• Dipsas incerta (Jan
  Giorgio Jan
  Giorgio Jan was an Italian taxonomist, zoologist, botanist, herpetologist, and writer. He is also known as Georg Jan or Georges Jan....
  
  , 1863)
• Dipsas indica
  Dipsas indica
  The Amazonian Snail-Eater is a snake species found in South America. The Amazonian snail-eater depends on closed-canopy rain forest for its diet of snails, which the snake can extract from their shells using its slender jaw....
  
  Laurenti, 1768
• Dipsas latifasciata (Boulenger, 1913)
• Dipsas latifrontalis (Boulenger, 1905)
• Dipsas neivai Amaral, 1926
• Dipsas oreas (Cope, 1868)
• Dipsas pavonina Schlegel, 1837
• Dipsas perijanensis (Alemán, 1953)
• Dipsas peruana (Boettger, 1898)
• Dipsas poecilolepis (Amaral, 1923)
• Dipsas polylepis (Boulenger, 1912)
• Dipsas pratti (Boulenger, 1897)
• Dipsas sanctijoannis (Boulenger, 1911)
• Dipsas schunkii (Boulenger, 1908)
• Dipsas temporalis (Werner, 1909)
• Dipsas tenuissima Taylor, 1954
• Dipsas variegata
  Dipsas variegata
  Dipsas variegata, the Snail-eating Snake is a snake found in Central America, South America and Trinidad and Tobago. It is reported to feed almost exclusively on tree snails and slugs....
  
  (Duméril, Bibron and Duméril, 1854)
• Dipsas vermiculata Peters, 1960
• Dipsas viguieri (Bocourt, 1884)