Tropidodipsas

Species of the genus Tropidodipsas are found in Mexico and Central America.[1]

Seven species are recognized as being valid.[1]

• Tropidodipsas annulifera Boulenger, 1894
• Tropidodipsas fasciata Günther, 1858
• Tropidodipsas fischeri Boulenger, 1894
• Tropidodipsas philippii (Jan, 1863)
• Tropidodipsas repleta G.R. Smith, Lemos-Espinal, Hartman & Chiszar, 2005
• Tropidodipsas sartorii Cope, 1863
• Tropidodipsas zweifeli Liner & Wilson, 1970

The specific name, fischeri, is in honor of German herpetologist Johann Gustav Fischer.[2]

The specific name, philippii, is in honor of German-Chilean zoologist Rodolfo Amando Philippi.[3]

The specific name, sartorii, is in honor of German-Mexican naturalist Christian Carl Wilhelm Sartorius (1796–1872).[4]

The specific name, zweifeli, is in honor of American herpetologist Richard G. Zweifel.[5]

• Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.
• Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I-XX. (Genus Tropidodipsas, p. 294; T. annulifera, new species, p. 297 + Plate XIV, figure 1; T. fasciata, p. 295; T. fischeri, p. 296; T. philippii, p. 295; T. sartorii, pp. 296–297).
• Günther A (1858). Catalogue of the Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xvi + 281 pp. (Tropidodipsas, new genus, pp. 180–181).