Biology:Sibon (genus)
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| Sibon | |
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| Sibon nebulatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
| Genus: | Sibon Fitzinger, 1826 |
| Type species | |
| Coluber nebulatus | |
| Diversity | |
| 18 species (see text) | |
Sibon is a genus of snakes found in northern South America, Central America and Mexico.[1][2]
Species
There are 18 Sibon species:[2]
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Sibon.
References
Further reading
- Fitzinger LI (1826). Neue Classification der Reptilien nach ihren natürlichen Verwandtschaften. Nebst einer Verwandtschafts-tafel und einem Verzeichnisse der Reptilien-Sammlung des K. K. zoologischen Museum's zu Wien. Vienna: J.G. Heubner. five unnumbered + 67 pp. + one plate. (Sibon, new genus, pp. 29, 31). (in German and Latin).
- Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN:0-87666-912-7. (Genus Sibon, pp. 68, 70, 109).
Wikidata ☰ Q3482940 entry
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