''Tropidodipsas'' is a

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Colubridae Colubridae (, commonly known as colubrids , from la, coluber, 'snake') is a family of snakes. With 249 genera, it is the largest snake family. The earliest species of the family date back to the Oligocene epoch. Colubrid snakes are found on ever ...

Geographic range

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of the genus ''Tropidodipsas'' are found in

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and

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Species

Ten species are recognized as being valid. * ''

Tropidodipsas fasciata The banded snail sucker (''Tropidodipsas fasciata'') is a species of snake of the family Colubridae. Geographic range The snake is found in Mexico, in the states of Guerrero, Tamaulipas, Veracruz Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de ...

'' Günther, 1858 * ''

Tropidodipsas fischeri ''Tropidodipsas'' is a genus of New World snakes of the family Colubridae. Geographic range Species of the genus ''Tropidodipsas'' are found in Mexico and Central America. Species Ten species are recognized as being valid. * '' Tropidodipsas fa ...

'' Boulenger, 1894 * ''

Tropidodipsas guerreroensis ''Tropidodipsas'' is a genus of New World snakes of the family Colubridae. Geographic range Species of the genus ''Tropidodipsas'' are found in Mexico and Central America. Species Ten species are recognized as being valid. * '' Tropidodipsas fa ...

'' Taylor, 1939 Guerrero snail sucker * ''

Tropidodipsas papavericola ''Tropidodipsas'' is a genus of New World snakes of the family Colubridae. Geographic range Species of the genus ''Tropidodipsas'' are found in Mexico and Central America. Species Ten species are recognized as being valid. * '' Tropidodipsas fa ...

'' Grünwald, Toribio-Jiménez, Montaño-Ruvalcaba, Franz-Chávez, Peñaloza-Montaño, Barrera-Nava, Jones, Rodriguez, Hughes, Strickland, & Reyes-Velasco, 2021 * ''

Tropidodipsas philippii ''Tropidodipsas'' is a genus of New World snakes of the family Colubridae. Geographic range Species of the genus ''Tropidodipsas'' are found in Mexico and Central America. Species Ten species are recognized as being valid. * '' Tropidodipsas fa ...

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Tropidodipsas repleta ''Tropidodipsas'' is a genus of New World snakes of the family Colubridae. Geographic range Species of the genus ''Tropidodipsas'' are found in Mexico and Central America. Species Ten species are recognized as being valid. * '' Tropidodipsas fa ...

'' G.R. Smith, Lemos-Espinal,

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Tropidodipsas tricolor ''Tropidodipsas'' is a genus of New World snakes of the family Colubridae. Geographic range Species of the genus ''Tropidodipsas'' are found in Mexico and Central America. Species Ten species are recognized as being valid. * '' Tropidodipsas fa ...

'' Grünwald, Toribio-Jiménez, Montaño-Ruvalcaba, Franz-Chávez, Peñaloza-Montaño, Barrera-Nava, Jones, Rodriguez, Hughes, Strickland, & Reyes-Velasco, 2021 * ''

Tropidodipsas zweifeli ''Tropidodipsas'' is a genus of New World snakes of the family Colubridae. Geographic range Species of the genus ''Tropidodipsas'' are found in Mexico and Central America. Species Ten species are recognized as being valid. * '' Tropidodipsas fa ...

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Etymology

The specific name, ''fischeri'', is in honor of German

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Johann Gustav Fischer Johann Gustav Fischer (1 March 1819, Hamburg – 27 January 1889) was a German herpetologist. He served as an instructor at the Johanneum in Hamburg, and was associated with the city's ''Naturhistorisches Museum'', working extensively with its h ...

. The specific name, ''philippii'', is in honor of German-Chilean zoologist

Rodolfo Amando Philippi Rodolfo Amando (or Rudolph Amandus) Philippi (14 September 1808 – 23 July 1904) was a German–Chilean paleontologist and zoologist. Philippi contributed primarily to malacology and paleontology. His grandson, Rodulfo Amando Philippi Bañados ...

. The specific name, ''sartorii'', is in honor of German-Mexican naturalist Christian Carl Wilhelm Sartorius (1796–1872). The specific name, ''zweifeli'', is in honor of American herpetologist

Richard G. Zweifel Richard George Zweifel (born November 5, 1926 in Los Angeles, died November 25, 2019) was an American herpetologist, who classified several species in the American Southwest and in Australia, including the rattling frog. Zweifel contributed immens ...

.Beolens et al., p. 294.

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