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    Species Accepted

    Sibon argus (Cope, 1875)

    Argus Snail Sucker
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Sibon
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

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      Argus Snail Sucker English
      Blotched Snail-eater English
      Caracolera de Cabeza Chata Spanish
      Colubro ventosa di lumaca argo Italian
      Коста-риканский улиткоед Russian

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      19 results
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      Fuentes, Rogemif; Aschcroft, Jesse; Erick Barría, Helio Quintero-Arrieta, Alexis Baules, Abel Batista, Eduardo Zambrano, Marcos Ponce. (2023). Herpetological diversity in forests of Portobelo National Park, Colón Biological Corridor, Panama. Reptiles & Amphibians 30 (1): E18434.
      Cadle, J. E., & Myers, C. W. (2003). Systematics of Snakes Referred to Dipsas variegata in Panama and Western South America, with Revalidation of Two Species and Notes on Defensive Behaviors in the Dipsadini (Colubridae). American Museum Novitates 3409: 1-47.
      Beolens, B., & Michael Watkins, a. M. G. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA.
      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.
      Cope, E. D. (1875). On the Batrachia and Reptilia of Costa Rica with notes on the herpetology and ichthyology of Nicaragua and Peru. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia N.S. (2) 8: 93-183 [Sometimes Said to Be Published 1876 but See Murphy et Al. 2007 for Clarification]].
      Solorzano, A. (2004). Serpientes de Costa Rica - Snakes of Costa Rica. Editorial INBio, Costa Rica, 792 Pp.
      Peters, J. A. (1960). The snakes of the subfamily Dipsadinae. Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool., Univ. Michigan (114): 224 Pp.
      Savage, J. M. (2002). The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Herpetofauna Between Two Continents, Between Two Seas. University of Chicago Press, 934 Pp. [Review in Copeia 2003 (1): 205].
      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.

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