Dipsas pakaraima

{{Short description|Species of snake}}

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| status = LC

| status_system=IUCN3.1

| status_ref=Ouboter, P. & Hoogmoed, M. (2017) Dipsas pakaraima. In: IUCN 2016. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022.2.

| genus = Dipsas

| species = pakaraima

| authority = MacCulloch & Lathrop, 2004

}}

Dipsas pakaraima is an arboreal snake of the family Dipsadidae.{{NRDB species|genus=Dipsas|species=pakaraima|accessdate=13 November 2014}} It has been placed in the Dipsas temporalis group.{{cite journal|last1=Harvey, M.B.|title=New and poorly known Dipsas (Serpentes: Colubridae) from northern South America|journal=Herpetologica|date=2009|volume=64|issue=4 |pages=422–451|doi=10.1655/07-068r1.1|s2cid=86586504 }} It is native to medium and higher elevations in west-central Guyana.{{cite journal|last1=MacCulloch, R.D. and A. Lathrop|title=A new species of Dipsas (Squamata: Colubridae) from Guyana|journal=Revista de Biología Tropical|date=2004|volume=52|issue=1 |pages=239–247|doi=10.15517/rbt.v52i1.14916 |pmid=17357422 |doi-access=free}} It has been collected in Kaieteur National Park and Mount Ayanganna.{{cite journal|last1=MacCulloch, R.D. and A. Lathrop|title=Herpetofauna of Mount Ayanganna, Guyana. Results of the Royal Ontario Museum Ayanganna Expedition 2000|journal=Royal Ontario Museum Science Contributions|publisher=Royal Ontario Museum|date=2009|volume=4|pages=1–36}} Its food probably consists of snails and slugs.