Sibon carri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Dipsadinae
Genus: Sibon
Species: Sibon carri

Name

Sibon carri (Shreve, 1951)

• Holotype: MCZ 49797, ♂, collected by A.F. Carr, Jr. on 16 August 1945.
• Type locality: “Escuela Agricola Panamericana, near Tegucigalpa, Honduras”, emended to “Escuela Agricola Panamericana at El Zamorano, 66.5 km S of Tegucigalpa, S Francisco Morazán, S Honduras [14°01’N, 87°02’W, elevation 865 m]” by Hahn (1971: 111).

Combinations

• Tropidodipsas carri Shreve, 1951: 52 [original combination]
• Sibon carri — Peters, 1960 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Shreve, B. 1951. A new snake of the genus Tropidodipsas from Honduras. Copeia 1951(1): 52.

Links

• Ariano-Sánchez, D., Luque, I., Acevedo, M. & Townsend, J.H. 2021. IUCN: Sibon carri  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T203591A2768976. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T203591A2768976.en. Accessed on 28 October 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Carr's Snail Sucker