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Distribution

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Continent: South-America
Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolivar), Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil (Bahia [HR 29: 176, 33: 323], Goias), Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay; elevation 80-1000 m. ecuadoriensis: Ecuador
Type locality: in error (see comment) [indica]
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Dipsas indica

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Dipsas indica, also known as the neotropical snail-eater, is a snake species found in South America.[2] It feeds on slugs and snails, which the snake can extract from their shells using its slender jaw.[3]

There are two subspecies:[2]

  • Dipsas indica indica Laurenti, 1768
  • Dipsas indica ecuadoriensis Peters, 1960

References

  1. ^ Arredondo, J.C., Castañeda, M.R., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Velasco, J., Gagliardi, G., Nogueira, C., Schargel, W. & Rivas, G. (2019). Dipsas indica . In: IUCN 2020. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022.2.
  2. ^ a b Dipsas indica at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 6 July 2015.
  3. ^ Sazima, I. (1989). "Feeding behavior of the snail-eating snake, Dipsas indica". Journal of Herpetology. 23 (4): 464–468. doi:10.2307/1564072. JSTOR 1564072.
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Dipsas indica: Brief Summary

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Dipsas indica, also known as the neotropical snail-eater, is a snake species found in South America. It feeds on slugs and snails, which the snake can extract from their shells using its slender jaw.

There are two subspecies:

Dipsas indica indica Laurenti, 1768 Dipsas indica ecuadoriensis Peters, 1960
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