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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Neuwied's Tree Snake
Portuguese: Dormideira, Dormideira-Anelada, Dormideira-Cinzenta, Dormideira-do-Mato, Dormideira-Oriental, Falsa-Jararaca, Jaracuçu, Papa-Lesma, Urutú-Péva, Urutuzinho-Pequeno 
SynonymCochliophagus mikanii neuwiedi IHERING 1911
Sibynomorphus mikanii fasciatus AMARAL 1930
Sibynomorphus neuwiedi — BERNILS et al. 2007
Sibynomorphus neuwiedi — ZAHER et al. 2011
Sibynomorphus neuwiedi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 670
Sibynomorphus neuwiedii — GUEDES et al. 2014
Dipsas neuwiedi — ARTEAGA et al. 2018
Sibynomorphus neuwiedi — FREITAS et al. 2019
Dipsas neuwiedi — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019
Sibynomorphus neuwiedi — PILATE et al. 2020 
DistributionBrazil (Rio Grande do Sul, Paraná, São Paulo, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Sergipe, Pernambuco)

Type locality: "Est. S. Paulo, Piquete, São Sebastião; Est. Espirito Santo, Rio Doce, Brazil." [=Piquete, 22˚36'S,  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntype: MZUSP (also as MPSP) 
Diagnosis 
CommentDiet: primarily molluscs, snails, slugs (Santos et al. 2017).

Habitat: fully arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). 
EtymologyNamed after Maximilian Alexander Philip, Prince zu Wied-Neuwied (1782-1867), an aristocratic explorer. After studying natural history at Georg-August-Universitat Göttingen, he entered the Prussian army (1802), ultimately becoming a Major-General. 
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