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Tropidodipsas fischeri (BOULENGER, 1894)

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Fischer’s Snail-Eating Snake
S: Caracolera de Fischer 
SynonymVirginia fasciata FISCHER 1885: 95 (fide KOFRON 1985)
Tropidodipsas fischeri BOULENGER 1894 (nom. subst.)
Elapoides fasciatus
Geophis fasciata — GÜNTHER 1893 (fide VILLA et al. 1988)
Tropidoclonium annulatum BOCOURT 1892
Tropidodipsas annulata
Tropidodipsas kidderi STUART 1942
Tropidodipsas fischeri — SMITH & TAYLOR 1945
Tropidodipsas kidderi — STUART 1963
Tropidodipsas fischeri — STUART 1963
Tropidodipsas fischeri — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970
Sibon fischeri — WILSON & MEYER 1985: 91
Sibon fischeri — LINER 1994
Sibon fischeri — MARINEROS 2000: 114
Tropidodipsas fischeri — WILSON & MCCRANIE 2002
Tropidodipsas fischeri — HARVEY et al. 2008
Tropidodipsas fischeri — WALLACH et al. 2014: 746
Tropidodipsas fischeri — GRÜNWALD et al. 2021 
DistributionS Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca), SW Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras (elevation 1340-2150 m)

Type locality: Guatemala

kidderi: Guatemala; Type locality: Alta Verapaz, above Finca Samac, 6 km (air) W Cobán, ca. 1500 m elevation.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: BMNH, SMNS (Stuttgart Museum)
Holotype: UMMZ [kidderi] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (3458 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy partly after KOFRON 1985 who also suggested to treat T. kidderi as subspecies of S. fischeri, S. fischeri kidderi (STUART 1942). KLUE 1984 listed Tropidodipsas kidderi as a synonym of Tropidodipsas fasciata subannulata.

Nomenclature: Virginia fasciata FISCHER 1885 is a homonym of Tropidodipsas fasciata GÜNTHER 1858. 
EtymologyNamed after Johann Gustav Fischer (1819-1889), German herpetologist working in Hamburg. 
References
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  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Bocourt, M. F. 1892. Note sur un petit ophidien. Le Naturaliste (Paris) (2nd Ser.) 6: 132 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, George A. 1894. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. British Mus. (Nat. Hist.), London, xi, 382 pp. - get paper here
  • Casas-Andreu, G., F.R. Méndez-De la Cruz and X. Aguilar-Miguel. 2004. Anfibios y Reptiles; pp. 375–390, in A.J.M. García-Mendoza, J. Ordoñez and M. Briones-Salas (ed.). Biodiversidad de Oaxaca. Instituto de Biología, UNAM-Fondo Oaxaqueño para la Conservación de la Naturaleza-World Wildlife Fund, México, D. F.
  • Clause, Adam G.; Israel Solano-Zavaleta, and Walter Schmidt-Ballardo 2014. Tropidodipsas fischeri. Reproductive Behavior. Mesoamerican Herpetology 1 (2): 290 - get paper here
  • Fischer, J. G. 1885. Ichthyologische und herpetologische Bemerkungen. V. Herpetologische Bemerkungen. Jahrb. Hamburg. Wiss. Anst. 2: 82-121 - get paper here
  • Guerra Centeno, Dennis; Héctor Fuentes Rousselin & David Morán Villatoro 2012. Serpientes de Guatemala: Guía para didentificación de especies. Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, 186 pp.
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  • Stuart, L. C. 1942. A new Tropidodipsas (Ophidia) from Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 55: 177-180 - get paper here
  • Stuart, L.C. 1963. A checklist of the herpetofauna of Guatemala. Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool., Univ. Michigan (No. 122): 1-150 - get paper here
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