Dipsas gaigeae, also known commonly as Gaige's thirst snail-eater, Gaige's thirst snake, and zicatlinán in Mexican Spanish, is a species of non-venomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Mexico.
Etymology The specific name, gaigeae, is in honor of American herpetologist Helen Beulah Thompson Gaige.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Gaige's Thirst Snake Dipsas gaigeae, p. 96).
Geographic range D. gaigeae is found in western Mexico, in the states of Colima, Guerrero, and Jalisco.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of D. gaigeae, is forest.
Behavior D. gaigeae is fully arboreal.
Reproduction D. gaigeae is oviparous.
References
Further reading Heimes P (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt, Germany: Chimaira. 572 pp. . Kofron CP (1982). "A Review of the Mexican Snail-eating Snakes, Dipsas brevifacies and Dipsas gaigeae". Journal of Herpetology 16 (3): 270–286. Liner EA (1994). Scientific and Common Names for the Amphibians and Reptiles of Mexico in English and Spanish: Nombres Científicos y Comunes en Ingles y Español de los Anfibios y de los Reptiles de México. Herpetological Circular No. 23. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR). iii + 113 pp. . (in English and Spanish). Oliver JA (1937). "Notes on a Collection of Amphibians and Reptiles from the State of Colima, Mexico". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (360): 1–28. (Sibynomorphus gaigeae, new species, pp. 22–23).