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Sibon carri (SHREVE, 1951)

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Carr's Snail Sucker 
SynonymTropidodipsas carri SHREVE 1951
Sibon carri — PETERS 1960
Sibon carri incertae sedis — KOFRON 1985
Sibon carri — WILSON & MEYER 1985: 89
Sibon carri — MARINEROS 2000
Sibon carri — WALLACH et al. 2014: 667 
DistributionGuatemala, Honduras, El Salvador

Type locality: Escuela Agricola Panamericana, near Tegucigalpa, Honduras.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MCZ 49797, male, collected August 16, 1945, by A. F. Carr, Jr. 
DiagnosisUnfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us if you need any of this material. 
CommentSynonymy partly that of PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970.

Habitat: fully arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). 
EtymologyNamed after Dr. Archibald "Archie" Fairly Carr Jr. (1909-1987), a American conservationist who was Professor of Zoology, University of Florida, where he also got the PhD in Zoology. 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - 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
  • Kofron, C.P. 1985. Review of the central American colubrid snakes, Sibon fischeri and S. carri. Copeia 1985 (1): 164-174 - get paper here
  • Köhler, G. 2008. Reptiles of Central America. 2nd Ed. Herpeton-Verlag, 400 pp.
  • Marineros, Leonel 2000. Guia de las Serpientes de Honduras. Tegucigalpa, M.D.C., 252 pp.
  • 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
  • Mertens, R. 1952. Die Amphibien und Reptilien von El Salvador. Abh. senckenb. naturf. Ges. (Frankfurt) (No. 487): 120 pp.
  • Meyer, J. R., & WILSON, L. D. 1971. Taxonomic studies and notes on some Honduran amphibians and reptiles. Bull. So. Calif. Acad. Sci., 70: 106-114. - get paper here
  • Peters , J. A. 1960. The snakes of the subfamily Dipsadinae. Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool., Univ. Michigan (114): 224 pp. - get paper here
  • Salazar-Saavedra, Milton 2025. Listado de los Anfibios y Reptiles de Nicaragua con la inclusión de 24 nuevos registros para el país. Revista Nicaragü ense de Biodiversidad. (114): 144 pp. - get paper here
  • Shreve,B. 1951. A new snake of the genus Tropidodipsas from Honduras. Copeia 1951 (1): 52 - get paper here
  • Solís, J. M., L. D. Wilson, and J. H. Townsend. 2014. An updated list of the amphibians and reptiles of Honduras, with comments on their nomenclature. Mesoamerican Herpetology 1: 123–144 - 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.
  • Wilson, L. D., & MEYER, J. R. 1985. The Snakes of Honduras. 2d ed. Milwaukee Publ. Mus. Contrib. Biol. & Geol. No. 6, 150 pp. - get paper here
 
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