Sibon (genus)

Sibon is a genus of snakes found in northern South America, Central America and Mexico.[1][2]

Sibon
Sibon nebulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Dipsadinae
Genus: Sibon
Fitzinger, 1826
Type species
Coluber nebulatus
Diversity
18 species (see text)

Species

There are 18 Sibon species:[2]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Sibon.

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References

Further reading

  • Fitzinger LI (1826). Neue Classification der Reptilien nach ihren natürlichen Verwandtschaften. Nebst einer Verwandtschafts-tafel und einem Verzeichnisse der Reptilien-Sammlung des K. K. zoologischen Museum's zu Wien. Vienna: J.G. Heubner. five unnumbered + 67 pp. + one plate. (Sibon, new genus, pp. 29, 31). (in German and Latin).
  • Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Genus Sibon, pp. 68, 70, 109).


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