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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesPortuguese: Come-Lesma, Dorme-Dorme, Dormideira, Dormideira-de-Jardim, Dorminhoca, Jaracuçu-Dormideira, Jararaca-Preguiçosa, Papa-Lesma, Urutú-Péva, Urutuzinho-Pequeno 
SynonymDipsas mikanii SCHLEGEL 1837: 277
Sibynomorphus mikanii — FITZINGER 1843
Anholodon mikanii — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1854: 1165
Leptognathus mikanii — GÜNTHER 1858
Leptognathus Mikanii — BOULENGER 1886: 436
Leptognathus garmani COPE 1887: 60
Leptognathus mikanii — BOULENGER (3): 453
Sibynomorphus mikanii — AMARAL 1929
Sibynomorphus mikanii mikanii — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970
Sibynomorphus mikanii septentrionalis DA CUNHA et al. 1980
Sibynomorphus mikanii — CEI 1993
Sibynomorphus garmani — DE LEMA 2002
Sibynomorphus mikanii — CADLE & MYERS 2003: 39
Sibynomorphus garmani — VIDAL et al. 2010
Sibynomorphus mikanii — ZAHER et al. 2011
Sibynomorphus garmani — GRAZZIOTIN et al. 2012
Sibynomorphus garmani — ZAHER et al. 2014
Sibynomorphus mikanii — WALLACH et al. 2014: 670
Sibynomorphus mikanii — GUEDES et al. 2014
Dipsas mikanii — ARTEAGA et al. 2018
Dipsas mikanii — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019
Sibynomorphus mikanii — PILATE et al. 2020 
DistributionSE Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul, Rio Grande do Norte, Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo, Paraná, Mato Grosso, Para [HR 34:266], Goias, Bahia, S Ceará, Piauí, Paraíba, Espírito Santo), Argentina (Misiones), Paraguay (fide Paul Smith, pers. comm., 27 Apr 2014), Bolivia (Beni)

Type locality: Brazil

septentrionalis: Brazil (Maranhão). Type locality: Puraqueu, on Hwy. BR-222, Maranhao, Brasil.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: NMW with 167 ventrals and 46 subcaudals (Natterer), designated by Peters, 1960b: 153.
Holotype: ANSP 11201; Brazil, Sao Joao do Rio Negro [Leptognathus garmani COPE 1887]
Holotype: MPEG [septentrionalis] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2129 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy: AMARAL 1926 synonymized Anholodon with Sibynomorphus. Leptognathus garmani is listed as synonym of S. mikanii by Wallach et al. 2014, but accepted by some other authors such as Grazziotin et al. (2012). However, Costa et al. 2015, 2018 do not list garmani as valid species in their checklist of Brazilian reptiles.

Type species: Dipsas mikanii SCHLEGEL 1837: 277 is the type species of the genus Sibynomorphus FITZINGER 1843. Arteaga et al. 2018 synonymized with Dipsas.

Habitat: all species of Sibynomorphus are terrestrial, hence the name “Tree Snake” is inappropriate for these species (T. de Lema, pers. comm., 16 Oct 2015).

Diet: primarily molluscs, snails, slugs (Santos et al. 2017). 
EtymologyProbably named after Johann Christian Mikan (1769-1844). S. garmani is now considered as a valid species by several authors. 
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