Dipsas jamespetersi (ORCÉS & ALMENDÁRIZ, 1989)

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Sibynomorphus petersi ORCÉS & ALMENDÁRIZ 1989 Sibynomorphus petersi — CADLE 2007 Dipsas mikanii oreas — PARKER 1934: 271 Dipsas mikanii oreas — PARKER 1938: 444 Dipsas variegata variegata — PETERS 1964: 47 Sibynomorphus vagus — LEHR et al. 2002 Sibynomorphus petersi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 670 Dipsas jamespetersi — ARTEAGA et al. 2018 (nom. nov.)
Distribution	SW Ecuador, Peru Type locality: ‘‘Zhila (2, 250 m) 79°17’26”W, 03°39’45”S, parroquia Oña, cantón Girón, Provincia Azuay [Ecuador].’’
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MEPN (also as EPN) 2659
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Cadle 2007.
Comment	Not listed in Zoological Record. Some of the chresonyms listed under synonyms are actually misidentifications fide CADLE 2007. Diet: primarily molluscs (T. de Lema, pers. comm., 16 Oct 2015). Habitat: fully arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018).
Etymology	Named after James A. Peters (1922-1972), American herpetologist, specializing on South American reptiles.
References	Arteaga A, Salazar-Valenzuela D, Mebert K, Peñafiel N, Aguiar G, Sánchez-Nivicela JC, Pyron RA, Colston TJ, Cisneros-Heredia DF, Yánez-Muñoz MH, Venegas PJ, Guayasamin JM, Torres-Carvajal O 2018. Systematics of South American snail-eating snakes (Serpentes, Dipsadini), with the description of five new species from Ecuador and Peru. ZooKeys 766: 79-147 - get paper here Arteaga, A.; Bustamante, L.; Vieira, J. 2024. Reptiles of Ecuador. Khamai Foundation & Tropical Herping, 1073 pp. - get paper here Cadle, J.E. 2007. The snake genus Sibynomorphus (Colubridae: Dipsadinae: Dipsadini) in Peru and Ecuador, with comments on the systematics of Dipsadini. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 158(5):183-283 - get paper here FORLANI, M.C., BERNARDO, P.H., HADDAD, C.B.F. & ZAHER, H. 2010. Herpetofauna of the Carlos Botelho State Park, São Paulo State, Brazil. Biota Neotropica 10 (3): 265-309 - get paper here Harrington, Sean M; Jordyn M de Haan, Lindsey Shapiro, Sara Ruane 2018. Habits and characteristics of arboreal snakes worldwide: arboreality constrains body size but does not affect lineage diversification. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 125 (1): 61–71 - get paper here Orces V., G. & A. Almendariz. 1989. Presencia en el Ecuador de los Colubridos del Genero Sibynomorphus. Rev. Politecnica, Vol. XIV, No. 2: 57-67. Rossman, D. A.; Kizirian, D. A. 1993. Variation in the peruvian dipsadine snakes Sibynomorphus oneilli and S. vagus. Journal of Herpetology 27 (1): 87-90 - get paper here Scrocchi G. Porto M. Rey L. 1993. Descripcion de una especie nueva y situacion del genero Sibynomorphus (Serpentes: Colubridae) en la Argentina. REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE BIOLOGIA 53 (2): 197- 208. Torres-Carvajal O, Pazmiño-Otamendi G, Salazar-Valenzuela D. 2019. Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich portal, with a dynamic checklist and photographic guides. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13 (1): [General Section]: 209–229 (e178) - get paper here Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.mcz.harvard.edu/Publications/pubs/mczbull-158-5-183.pdf https://bioweb.bio/faunaweb/reptiliaweb/FichaEspecie/Dipsas%20jamespetersi Google images

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