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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] 
Diagnosis 
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
  • Aguilar-López JL, Luría-Manzano R, Pineda E, Canseco-Márquez L 2021. Selva Zoque, Mexico: an important Mesoamerican tropical region for reptile species diversity and conservation. ZooKeys 1054: 127-153 - get paper here
  • 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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  • Johnson, Jerry D.; Vicente Mata-Silva, Elí García Padilla, and Larry David Wilson 2015. The Herpetofauna of Chiapas, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (3): 272–329. - get paper here
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  • McCranie J R 2011. The snakes of Honduras. SSAR, Salt Lake City, 725 pp.
  • McCranie, James R. 2015. A checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Honduras, with additions, comments on taxonomy, some recent taxonomic decisions, and areas of further studies needed. Zootaxa 3931 (3): 352–386 - get paper here
  • Schlüter, A. & Hallermann, J. 1997. The Type Specimens in the Herpetological Collection of the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde in Stuttgart. Stuttgarter Beitr. Naturk. Ser. A (553): 1-15 - get paper here
  • Smith, Hobart M. & Taylor, Edward H. 1945. An annotated checklist and key to the snakes of Mexico. Bull. US Natl. Mus. (187): iv + 1-239 - get paper here
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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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