Tropidodipsas is a genus of New World snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae.
Geographic range Species of the genus Tropidodipsas are found in Mexico and Central America.
Species Eight species are recognized as being valid. Tropidodipsas fasciata Günther, 1858 – banded snail sucker Tropidodipsas fischeri Boulenger, 1894 – Fischer’s snail-eating snake Tropidodipsas guerreroensis Taylor, 1939 – Guerrero snail sucker Tropidodipsas papavericola Grünwald, Toribio-Jiménez, Montaño-Ruvalcaba, Franz-Chávez, Peñaloza-Montaño, Barrera-Nava, J.M. Jones, C.M. Rodriguez, I. Hughes, Strickland & Reyes-Velasco, 2021 Tropidodipsas philippii (Jan, 1863) – Philippi’s snail-eating snake Tropidodipsas repleta H.M. Smith, Lemos-Espinal, Hartman & Chiszar, 2005 Tropidodipsas tricolor Grünwald, Toribio-Jiménez, Montaño-Ruvalcaba, Franz-Chávez, Peñaloza-Montaño, Barrera-Nava, J.M. Jones, C.M. Rodriguez, I.M. Hughes, Strickland & Reyes-Velasco, 2021 – tricolor snail sucker Tropidodipsas zweifeli Liner & Wilson, 1970 – Zweifel’s snail-eating snake
Etymology The specific name, fischeri, is in honor of German herpetologist Johann Gustav Fischer.Beolens et al., p. 90 ("Sibon fischeri ").
The specific name, philippii, is in honor of German-Chilean zoologist Rodolfo Amando Philippi.Beolens et al., p. 206.
The specific name, zweifeli, is in honor of American herpetologist Richard G. Zweifel.Beolens et al., p. 294.
References
Further reading Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I–XX. (Genus Tropidodipsas, p. 294; T. annulifera, new species, p. 297 + Plate XIV, figure 1; T. fasciata, p. 295; T. fischeri, p. 296; T. philippii, p. 295; T. sartorii, pp. 296–297). Günther A (1858). Catalogue of the Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xvi + 281 pp. (Tropidodipsas, new genus, pp. 180–181).