Cloudy Snail-eating Snake
Sibon leucomelas (Boulenger, 1896)
Also calledCaracoleira (por) · Caracolera subtropical (spa) · Cobra-Cipó (por) · Cobra-Nebulosa (por) · Come-Lesma (por) · Dormideira (por) · Dorminhoca (por) · Papa-Lesma (por)
This species is in the Catalogue of Life but not yet in the 2023 GBIF backbone or on iNaturalist: most likely it was described, or split from another species, very recently. What is known so far is below.
- Recorded from
- Colombia, Panama
- Also published as
- Leptognathus leucomelas Boulenger, 1896
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Sibon leucomelas in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
References
- Bernal, R. (2025). Serpientes de Colombia-Guía de Campo. Serie de Guías Tropicales de Campo. 19: 396 Pp. Conservación Internacional Colombia, Bogotá.
- Boulenger, George A. (1896). Descriptions of new reptiles and batrachians from Colombia. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) 17 (97): 16-21.
- Pérez-Santos, C., & Moreno, A. G. (1988). Ofidios de Colombia. Museo Reegionale Di Scienze Naturali, Torino, Monographie VI, 517 Pp.
- Arteaga, A., & Batista, A. (2023). A consolidated phylogeny of snail-eating snakes (Serpentes, Dipsadini), with the description of five new species from Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama. ZooKeys 1143: 1-49.
From the Catalogue of Life (catalogueoflife.org), compiled from its specialist databases; CC BY 4.0. This name in the Catalogue of Life.