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