{{Short description|Genus of snakes}} {{Automatic Taxobox | image = Marbled Tree Snake (Dipsadoboa aulica) threat display close-up (13922956201).jpg | image_caption = ''Dipsadoboa aulica'' | taxon = Dipsadoboa | authority = Günther, 1858 | subdivision_ranks = Species }}
'''''Dipsadoboa''''' is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae.
==Geographic range== The genus ''Dipsadoboa'' is endemic to Africa.<ref>Branch, Bill (2004). ''Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa''. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. {{ISBN|0-88359-042-5}}. (Genus ''Dipsadoboa'', p. 98).</ref>
==Species== The following 12 species are recognized as being valid.<ref>{{EMBL genus|genus=Dipsadoboa}}</ref> *''Dipsadoboa aulica'' <small>(Günther, 1864)</small> - marbled tree snake *''Dipsadoboa brevirostris'' <small>(Sternfeld, 1908)</small> *''Dipsadoboa duchesnii'' <small>(Boulenger, 1901)</small> *''Dipsadoboa flavida'' <small>(Broadley & R. Stevens, 1971)</small> - cross-barred tree snake *''Dipsadoboa kageleri'' <small>(Uthmöller, 1939)</small> - Kageler’s tree snake *''Dipsadoboa montisilva'' <small>Branch, Conradie, & Tolley, 2019</small> - montane forest tree snake *''Dipsadoboa shrevei'' <small>(Loveridge, 1932)</small> - Shreve's tree snake *''Dipsadoboa underwoodi'' <small>Rasmussen, 1993</small> *''Dipsadoboa unicolor'' <small>Günther, 1858</small> - Günther's green tree snake *''Dipsadoboa viridis'' <small>(W. Peters, 1869)</small> - Laurent’s green tree snake *''Dipsadoboa weileri'' <small>(Lindholm, 1905)</small> - black-tailed tree snake *''Dipsadoboa werneri'' <small>(Boulenger, 1897)</small> - Werner's green tree snake
''Nota bene'': A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Dipsadoboa''.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Further reading== *Günther A (1858). ''Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum.'' London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xvi + 281 pp. (''Dipsadoboa'', new genus, p. 182).
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Category:Dipsadoboa Category:Snake genera Category:Taxa named by Albert Günther
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