Tropidodipsas zweifeli
Taxonavigation
[edit]| Taxonavigation: Colubroidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Dipsadinae
Genus: Tropidodipsas
Species: Tropidodipsas zweifeli
Name
[edit]Tropidodipsas zweifeli Liner & Wilson, 1970: 787 [nomen substitutum]
- Holotype: MVZ 45030, ♂, collected by W.W. Brown between August 1942–August 1943.
- Type locality: “near Chilpancingo, Guerrero, México”.
Synonyms
[edit]- Chersodromus annulatus Zweifel, 1954: 17 [nomen praeoccupatum pro Geophis annulatus Peters, 1870]
- Holotype: MVZ 45030, ♂, collected by W.W. Brown between August 1942–August 1943.
- Type locality: “near Chilpancingo, Guerrero, México”.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Zweifel, R.G. 1954. A new species of Chersodromus from Mexico. Herpetologica 10(1): 17–19. JSTOR

- Liner, E.A. & Wilson, L.D. 1970. Changes in the name an generic status of the Mexican snake Chersodromus annulatus Zweifel (Colubridae). Copeia 1970(4): 786–788. DOI: 10.2307/1442335
Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Scott Jr., N.J. 1967. The colubrid snake, Tropidodipsas annulifera, with reference to the status of Geatractus, Exelencophis, Chersodromus annulatus, and Tropidodipsas malacodryas. Copeia 1967(2): 280–287. DOI: 10.2307/1442115

Links
[edit]- Bowles, P. 2021. IUCN: Tropidodipsas zweifeli (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T199720A2609363. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T199720A2609363.en. Accessed on 18 June 2026.
Vernacular names
[edit]- English: Zweifel’s Snail-Eating Snake