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Alemán's snail-eater

Alemán's snail-eater is a genus of snake in the family Colubridae.

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Length
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Alemán's snail-eater
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Plesiodipsas
Harvey, Rivas Fuenmayor, Caicedo Portilla, & Rueda-Almonacid, 2008
Species:
P. perijanensis
Binomial name
Plesiodipsas perijanensis
(Aleman, 1953)
Synonyms
  • Tropidodipsas perijanensis
  • Dipsas perijanensis

Alemán's snail-eater (Plesiodipsas perijanensis) is a genus of snake in the family Colubridae.2

It is found in the Serranía del Perijá of Zulia, Venezuela and Santander, Colombia.12

References

References

  1. Ines Hladki, A.; Kornacker, P.; La Marca, E.; Ramírez Pinilla, M.; Renjifo, J.; Rivas, G.; Urbina, N. (2016). "Plesiodipsas perijanensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T176793A44949315. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T176793A44949315.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Plesiodipsas at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 December 2016.