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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Dipsas |
| Species: | D. oneilli
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| Binomial name | |
| Dipsas oneilli | |
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Dipsas oneilli, also known commonly as O'Neill's tree snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Peru.2
Etymology
The specific name, oneilli, is in honor of American ornithologist John P. O'Neill.3
Geographic distribution
Dipsas oneilli is found in the Andes of northwestern Peru, on both the Pacific slope and the Amazonian slope, at elevations of 1,646–3,500 m (5,400–11,483 ft).12
Behavior
Diet
Dipsas oneilli preys predominately upon mollusks.2
Reproduction
References
References
- Perez, J.; Lehr, E. (2017). "Dipsas oneilli ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T48617620A48617625.en. Accessed on 31 March 2026.
- Dipsas oneilli at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 November 2014.
- Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sibynomorphus oneilli, p. 195).
Further reading
Further reading
- Arteaga, A.; Salazar-Valenzuela, D.; Mebert, K.; Peñafiel, N.; Aguiar, G.; Sánchez-Nivicela, J.C.; Pyron, R.A.; Colston, T.J.; Cisneros-Heredia, D.F.; Yánez-Muñoz, M.H.; Venegas, P.J.; Guayasamin, J.M.; Torres-Carvajal, O. (2018). "Systematics of South American snail-eating snakes (Serpentes, Dipsadini), with the description of five new species from Ecuador and Peru". ZooKeys. 766: 79–147. (Dipsas oneilli, new combination).
- Cadle, J.E. (2007). "The snake genus Sibynomorphus (Colubridae: Dipsadinae: Dipsadini) in Peru and Ecuador, with comments on the systematics of Dipsadini". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 158 (5): 183–283. (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
- Rossman, D.A.; Kizirian, D.A. (1993). "Variation in the Peruvian Dipsadine Snakes Sibonymorphus oneilli and S. vagus ". Journal of Herpetology. 27 (1): 87–90.
- Rossman, D.A.; Thomas, R. (1979). "A New Dipsadine Snake of the Genus Sibynomorphus from Peru". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Louisiana State University (54): 1–6. (Sibynomorphus oneilli, new species).