Dipsas indica

{{Short description|Species of snake}}

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| status = LC

| status_system=IUCN3.1

| status_ref=Arredondo, J.C., Castañeda, M.R., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Velasco, J., Gagliardi, G., Nogueira, C., Schargel, W. & Rivas, G. (2019). [https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15177300/15177305 Dipsas indica ]. In: IUCN 2020. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022.2.

| genus = Dipsas

| species = indica

| authority = Laurenti, 1768

| image = Dipsas indica indica.jpg

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Dipsas indica, also known as the neotropical snail-eater, is a snake species found in South America.{{NRDB species|genus=Dipsas|species=indica|accessdate=6 July 2015}} It feeds on slugs and snails, which the snake can extract from their shells using its slender jaw.{{Cite journal | last1 = Sazima | first1 = I. | year = 1989 | title = Feeding behavior of the snail-eating snake, Dipsas indica | journal = Journal of Herpetology | volume = 23 | issue = 4 | pages = 464–468 | jstor = 1564072 | doi=10.2307/1564072}}

There are two subspecies:

• Dipsas indica indica Laurenti, 1768
• Dipsas indica ecuadoriensis Peters, 1960