Sibon sanniolus

Sibon sanniolus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Dipsadinae
Genus: Sibon
Species: S. sanniolus
Binomial name
Sibon sanniolus
(Cope, 1866)
Synonyms[2]
  • Mesopeltis sanniolus
    Cope, 1866
  • Leptognathus sanniola
    — Bocourt, 1908
  • Sibynomorphus sanniola
    — Schmidt & Andrews, 1936
  • Sibon sanniolus — Liner, 1994
  • Sibon sanniola — Lee, 2000
  • Sibon sanniolus — Wallach, 2014

Sibon sanniolus, commonly known as the pygmy snail sucker or pygmy snail-eating snake, is a species of small snake which is found in Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala.[1][2][3]

Habitat

Sibon sanniolus is a relatively common snake that occurs in tropical semi-deciduous forest and thorn forest, and also in degraded forest.[1]

Reproduction

S. sanniolus reaches sexual maturity in eight months and produces a single clutch per year.[4]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]

Nota bene: A trinomial authority or a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies or species was originally described in a genus other than Sibon.

Etymology

The subspecific name, neilli, is in honor of American herpetologist Wilfred T. Neill.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Lee J, Calderón Mandujano R (2013). "Sibon sanniolus ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 Sibon sanniolus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 19 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Campbell JA (1999). Amphibians and Reptiles of Northern Guatemala, the Yucatan, and Belize. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. pp. 243–244. ISBN 978-0-8061-3066-8.
  4. ↑ Zug GR (1993). An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles. Academic Press. p. 150. ISBN 978-0-12-782622-6.
  5. ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sibon sanniolus neilli, p. 188).

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