Sibon marleyae

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: Sibon marleyae

Name

Sibon marleyae Arteaga & Batista, 2023: 20

• Holotype: ZSFQ 5065, adult ♂, collected by Amanda Quezada, Eric Osterman and Regdy Vera in December 2021.
• Type locality: “Verdecanandé, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador (0.52395, -79.01233; 344 m a.s.l.)”.

References

Primary references

• 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. 2023. Sibon marleyae. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 May 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Marley’s Snail-eating Snake
español: Culebra caracolera de Marley