Biology:Dipsas gaigeae
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Short description: Species of snake
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Dipsas |
| Species: | D. gaigeae
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| Binomial name | |
| Dipsas gaigeae (Oliver, 1937)
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Dipsas gaigeae, also known commonly as Gaige's thirst snail-eater, Gaige's thirst snake, and zicatlinán in Mexican Spanish, is a species of non-venomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Mexico.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, gaigeae, is in honor of American herpetologist Helen Beulah Thompson Gaige.[3]
Geographic range
D. gaigeae is found in western Mexico, in the states of Colima,[1][2] Guerrero,[2] and Jalisco.[1][2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of D. gaigeae, is forest.[1]
Behavior
D. gaigeae is fully arboreal.[2]
Reproduction
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ponce-Campos P, García Aguayo A (2007). Dipsas gaigeae. In: IUCN 2020. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022.2.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Dipsas gaigeae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 November 2014.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Gaige's Thirst Snake Dipsas gaigeae, p. 96).
Further reading
- Heimes P (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt, Germany: Chimaira. 572 pp. ISBN:978-3899731002.
- Kofron CP (1982). "A Review of the Mexican Snail-eating Snakes, Dipsas brevifacies and Dipsas gaigeae". Journal of Herpetology 16 (3): 270–286.
- Liner EA (1994). Scientific and Common Names for the Amphibians and Reptiles of Mexico in English and Spanish: Nombres Científicos y Comunes en Ingles y Español de los Anfibios y de los Reptiles de México. Herpetological Circular No. 23. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR). iii + 113 pp. ISBN:978-0916984328. (in English and Spanish).
- Oliver JA (1937). "Notes on a Collection of Amphibians and Reptiles from the State of Colima, Mexico". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (360): 1–28. (Sibynomorphus gaigeae, new species, pp. 22–23).
Wikidata ☰ Q3029226 entry
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