Sibon (snake)

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| image = Sibon nebulata.jpg

| image_caption = Sibon nebulatus

| taxon = Sibon

| authority = Fitzinger, 1826

| type_species = Coluber nebulatus

| type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758

| diversity = 22 species (see text)

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Sibon is a genus of snakes found in northern South America, Central America and Mexico.{{ITIS|id=209488 |taxon=Sibon Fitzinger, 1826}}{{NRDB genus|genus=Sibon|accessdate=20 April 2015}}

Species

There are 22 Sibon species:

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Sibon annulatus {{small|(Günther, 1872)}} - ringed snail sucker
Sibon anthracops {{small|(Cope, 1868)}} - Cope's snail sucker
Sibon argus {{small|(Cope, 1876)}} - Argus snail sucker
Sibon ayerbeorum {{small|Vera-Pérez, 2019}} - Ayerbes's snail-eater
Sibon bevridgelyi {{small|Arteaga et al., 2018}} - Bev Ridgely's snail-eater
Sibon canopy {{small|Arteaga & Batista, 2023}}
Sibon carri {{small|(Shreve, 1951)}} - Carr's snail sucker
Sibon dimidiatus {{small|(Günther, 1872)}} - slender snail sucker
Sibon dunni {{small|J.A. Peters, 1957}} - Dunn's snail sucker
Sibon irmelindicaprioae {{small|Arteaga & Batista, 2023}}{{cite journal | doi=10.3897/zookeys.1143.93601 | issue=1143 | doi-access=free | title=A consolidated phylogeny of snail-eating snakes (Serpentes, Dipsadini), with the description of five new species from Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama | year=2023 | last1=Arteaga | first1=Alejandro | last2=Batista | first2=Abel | journal=ZooKeys | pages=1–49 | pmc=10208808 }}
Sibon lamari {{small|Solórzano, 2001}}
Sibon leucomelas {{small|(Boulenger, 1896)}} - cloudy snail-eating snake
Sibon linearis {{small|Pérez-Higareda, López-Luna & H.M. Smith, 2002}} - lined snail sucker
Sibon longifrenis {{small|(Stejneger, 1909)}} - Stejneger's snail sucker, lichen-colored snail sucker
Sibon manzanaresi {{small|McCranie, 2007}}
Sibon marleyae {{small|Arteaga & Batista, 2023}}
Sibon merendonensis {{small|Rovito, Papenfuss & Vásquez-Almazán, 2012}}
Sibon miskitus {{small|McCranie, 2006}}
Sibon nebulatus {{small|(Linnaeus, 1758)}} - cloudy snail-eating snake
Sibon noalamina {{small|Lotzkat, Hertz & G. Köhler, 2012}}
Sibon perissostichon {{small|G. Köhler, Lotzkat & Hertz, 2010}}
Sibon vieirai {{small|Arteaga & Batista, 2023}}
Sibon sanniolus {{small|(Cope, 1868)}} - pigmy snail sucker

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Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Sibon.

Sibon (snake)

Species

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Further reading