Catesby's snail-eater

Catesby's snail-eater
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Dipsas
Species:	D. catesbyi
Binomial name
	Dipsas catesbyi; (Sentzen, 1796)
Synonyms
	Coluber catesbeji [sic] ; Sentzen, 1796; Dipsas catesbyi ; — F. Boie, 1827; Stremmatognathus catesbyi ; — A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & ; A.H.A. Duméril, 1854; Leptognathus catesbyi ; — Günther, 1858 ; Leptognathus catisbyi [sic] ; W. Peters, 1871; Cochliophagus catesbyi ; — Berg, 1901; Sibynomorphus catesbeji ; — Barbour & Noble, 1920; Sibynomorphus catesbyi ; — Amaral, 1926; Sibynomorphus catesbyei [sic] ; Amaral, 1929; Dipsas catesbyi ; — J. Peters, 1956;

Catesby's snail-eater (Dipsas catesbyi), also commonly known as Catesby's snail sucker, is a nocturnal species of nonvenomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to northern South America.

In June 2021 upon manipulation, a snake of this species presented vocalization, a duration of 0.06 seconds, reaching 3036 Hz in its peak frequency with a modulated note, emitted through exhalation of air through the larynx, being the first record of a snake call in South America.

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