Gaige's Thirst Snail-eater articles

Distribution

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Continent: Middle-America
Distribution: Mexico (Colima, Jalisco)

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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]

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

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

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

D. gaigeae is fully arboreal.^[2]

D. gaigeae is oviparous.^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ponce-Campos P, García Aguayo A (2007). Dipsas gaigeae. In: IUCN 2020. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022.2.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Dipsas gaigeae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 November 2014.
^ 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).

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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.