Diaphorolepis Explained

Diaphorolepis is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is indigenous to northwestern South America.

Species

The genus Diaphorolepis contains the following two species which are recognized as being valid.

• Diaphorolepis laevis – Colombian frog-eating snake
• Diaphorolepis wagneri – Ecuador frog-eating snake, Ecuadorean frog-eating snake

Etymology

The specific name, wagneri, is in honor of German paleontologist Johann Andreas Wagner.^[1]

Further reading

• Jan G (1863). Elenco sistematico degli ofidi descritti e disegnati per l'Iconografia Generale. Milan: Museo Civico di Milano. (A. Lombardi, printer). 143 pp. (Diaphorolepis, new genus, p. 98; D. wagneri, new species, p. 98). (in Italian).

Notes and References

1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Diaphorolepis wagneri, p. 278).