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Dipsas peruana

Dipsas peruana, the Peruvian snail-eater or Peru snail-eater, is a non-venomous snake found in Peru, Venezuela, and Colombia, Ecuador, and Bolivia.

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Length
104 w
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Dipsas peruana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Dipsas
Species:
D. peruana
Binomial name
Dipsas peruana
(Boettger, 1898)

Dipsas peruana, the Peruvian snail-eater or Peru snail-eater, is a non-venomous snake found in Peru, Venezuela, and Colombia, Ecuador, and Bolivia.2

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References

  1. Caicedo, J., Calderón, M., Harvey, M., Ines Hladki, A., Ramírez Pinilla, M., Renjifo, J., Rivas, G., Urbina, N., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Gagliardi, G. & Catenazzi, A. (2016). Dipsas peruana. In: IUCN 2020. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022.2.
  2. Dipsas peruana at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 November 2014.