Dipsadidae

Dipsadidae
Sibon longifrenis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Superfamily: Colubroidea
Family: Dipsadidae
Bonaparte, 1838
Synonyms

Dipsadina Bonaparte, 1838[1]
Dipsadinae Bonaparte, 1838

Dipsadidae is a large family of snakes.[2][3] They are found in most of the Americas, including the West Indies.[3][4] There are more than 700 species.[2]

Dipsadidae are an ecologically and morphologically diverse group of mostly small to moderate-sized snakes (typically less than 80 cm (31 in) in total length). Some are arboreal, but others are aquatic or terrestrial and may even burrow. Most are oviparous.[4]

List of genera

References

  1. Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1838). "Synopsis vertebratorum systematis. Amphibiorum Tabula Analytica". Nuovi Annali delle Scienze Naturali. Bologna. 1: 391–397.
  2. 1 2 Dipsadidae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 February 2016.
  3. 1 2 Grazziotin, Felipe G.; Zaher, Hussam; Murphy, Robert W.; Scrocchi, Gustavo; Benavides, Marco A.; Zhang, Ya-Ping; Bonatto, Sandro L. (2012). "Molecular phylogeny of the New World Dipsadidae (Serpentes: Colubroidea): a reappraisal". Cladistics. 28 (5): 437–459. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00393.x.
  4. 1 2 Vitt, Laurie J.; Caldwell, Janalee P. (2014). Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (4th ed.). Academic Press. pp. 622–626.
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