Dipsas variegata

{{short description|Species of snake}}

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| image =Variegated Snail-eater (Dipsas variegata) (38097074564).jpg

| status = LC

| status_system=IUCN3.1

| status_ref=Catenazzi, A., Gonzales, L., Hoogmoed, M., Nogueira, C., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Schargel, W., Rivas, G. & Murphy, J. (2019). [https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/50951426/50951434 Dipsas variegata ]. In: IUCN 2020. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022.2.

| genus = Dipsas

| species = variegata

| authority = (Duméril, Bibron, & Duméril, 1854)

| synonyms = Leptognathus variegatus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854

}}

Dipsas variegata, the variegated snail-eater, is a snake found in South America. It is reported to feed almost exclusively on tree snails and slugs.

Dipsas trinitatis, the Trinidad snail-eater from Trinidad and Tobago, has sometimes been considered a subspecies of Dipsas variegata (Dipsas variegata trinitatis).