Dipsas gaigeae

Dipsas gaigeae
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Dipsas
Species:	D. gaigeae
Binomial name
Dipsas gaigeae (Oliver, 1937)
Synonyms[2]
Sibynomorphus gaigeae Oliver, 1937 Dipsas gaigeae — Liner, 1994

Dipsas gaigeae, also known commonly as Gaige's thirst snail-eater, Gaige's thirst snake, and zicatlinán in Mexican Spanish, is a species of non-venomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Mexico.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, gaigeae, is in honor of American herpetologist Helen Beulah Thompson Gaige.[3]

Geographic range

D. gaigeae is found in western Mexico, in the states of Colima,[1][2] Guerrero,[2] and Jalisco.[1][2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of D. gaigeae, is forest.[1]

Behavior

D. gaigeae is fully arboreal.[2]

Reproduction

D. gaigeae is oviparous.[2]

References

1. Ponce-Campos P, García Aguayo A (2007). Dipsas gaigeae. In: IUCN 2020. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022.2.
2. Dipsas gaigeae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 November 2014.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Gaige's Thirst Snake Dipsas gaigeae, p. 96).

Further reading

• Heimes P (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt, Germany: Chimaira. 572 pp. ISBN 978-3899731002.
• Kofron CP (1982). "A Review of the Mexican Snail-eating Snakes, Dipsas brevifacies and Dipsas gaigeae". Journal of Herpetology 16 (3): 270–286.
• Liner EA (1994). Scientific and Common Names for the Amphibians and Reptiles of Mexico in English and Spanish: Nombres Científicos y Comunes en Ingles y Español de los Anfibios y de los Reptiles de México. Herpetological Circular No. 23. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR). iii + 113 pp. ISBN 978-0916984328. (in English and Spanish).
• Oliver JA (1937). "Notes on a Collection of Amphibians and Reptiles from the State of Colima, Mexico". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (360): 1–28. (Sibynomorphus gaigeae, new species, pp. 22–23).