Sibon

Sibon nebulatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Dipsadidae
Subfamilia: Dipsadinae
Genus: Sibon
Species (22): S. annulatus – S. anthracops – S. argus – S. ayerbeorum – S. bevridgelyi – S. canopy – S. carri – S. dimidiatus – S. dunni – S. irmelindicaprioae – S. lamari – S. leucomelas – S. linearis – S. longifrenis – S. manzanaresi – S. marleyae – S. merendonensis – S. miskitus – S. nebulatus – S. noalamina – S. perissostichon – S. vieirai

Name

Sibon Fitzinger, 1826

• Type species: Coluber nebulatus Linnaeus, 1758, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Fitzinger, L. 1826. Neue Classification der Reptilien nach ihren natürlichen Verwandtschaften. Nebst einer Verwandtschafts-Tafel und einem Verzeichnisse der Reptilien-Sammlung des K. K. zoologischen Museum's zu Wien. J.G. Hübner: Wien. vii + 66 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Köhler, G., Lotzkat, S. & Hertz, A. 2010. A new species of Sibon (Squamata: Colubridae) from western Panama. Herpetologica 66(1): 80–85. DOI: 10.1655/08-077.1 Reference page. 
• Lotzkat, S., Hertz, A. & Köhler, G. 2012. A new species of Sibon (Squamata: Colubroidea: Dipsadidae) from the Cordillera Central of western Panama, with comments on other species of the genus in the area. Zootaxa 3485(1): 26–40. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3485.1.2 Reference page. 
• Rovito, S.M., Papenfuss, T.J. & Vásquez-Almazán, C.R. 2012. A new species of Sibon (Squamata: Colubridae) from the mountains of eastern Guatemala. Zootaxa 3266(1): 62–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3266.1.5 Reference page. 
• Arteaga, A., Salazar-Valenzuela, D., Mebert, K., Peñafiel, N., Aguiar, G., Sánchez-Nivicela, J.C., Pyron, R.A., Colston, T.J., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Yánez-Muñoz, M.H., Venegas, P.J., Guayasamin, J.M. & Torres-Carvajal, O. 2018. Systematics of South American snail-eating snakes (Serpentes, Dipsadini), with the description of five new species from Ecuador and Peru. ZooKeys 766: 79–147. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.766.24523 Reference page. 
• Vera-Pérez, L.E. 2019. A new species of Sibon Fitzinger, 1826 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Southwestern Colombia. Zootaxa 4701(5): 443–453. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4701.5.4 Reference page. 
• Arteaga, A. & Batista, A. 2023. A consolidated phylogeny of snail-eating snakes (Serpentes, Dipsadini), with the description of five new species from Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama. Zookeys 1143: 1–49. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1143.93601 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Sibon . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 3 January 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Snail-Suckers

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