Sibon (genus)
| Sibon | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Sibon nebulatus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae or Dipsadidae |
| Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
| Genus: | Sibon Fitzinger, 1826 |
| Type species | |
| Coluber nebulatus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Diversity | |
| 16 species (see text) | |
Sibon is a genus of snakes found in northern South America, Central America and Mexico.[1][2]
Species
There are 16 Sibon species:[2]
- Sibon annulatus (Günther, 1872)
- Sibon anthracops (Cope, 1868)
- Sibon argus (Cope, 1876)
- Sibon carri (Shreve, 1951)
- Sibon dimidiatus (Günther, 1872)
- Sibon dunni J.A. Peters, 1957
- Sibon lamari Solórzano, 2001
- Sibon linearis Pérez-Higareda, López-Luna & H.M. Smith, 2002
- Sibon longifrenis (Stejneger, 1909)
- Sibon manzanaresi McCranie, 2007
- Sibon merendonensis Rovito, Papenfuss & Vásquez-Almazán, 2012
- Sibon miskitus McCranie, 2006
- Sibon nebulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Sibon noalamina Lotzkat, Hertz & G. Köhler, 2012
- Sibon perissostichon Köhler, Lotzkat & Hertz, 2010
- Sibon sanniolus (Cope, 1866)
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).
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