Dipsina
Encyclopedia
The Dwarf Beaked Snake, Dipsina multimaculata, is a colubrid
snake. It is also known as the Western Beaked Snake. The Dwarf Beaked Snake is in the monotypic
genus
Dipsina.
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. It is also known as the Western Beaked Snake. The Dwarf Beaked Snake is in the monotypic
Monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group with only one biological type. The term's usage differs slightly between botany and zoology. The term monotypic has a separate use in conservation biology, monotypic habitat, regarding species habitat conversion eliminating biodiversity and...
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...
Dipsina.