Hydrodynastes
| Hydrodynastes | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Hydrodynastes gigas | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
| Genus: | Hydrodynastes Fitzinger, 1843[1] |
Hydrodynastes is a small genus of large colubrid snakes in the subfamily Xenodontinae.[1] The genus is endemic to South America.[2]
Species
Two species are recognized by ITIS.[1]
- Hydrodynastes bicinctus (Herrmann, 1804)
- Hydrodynastes gigas (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
An additional, recently described, species is recognized by other sources.[3][4]
- Hydrodynastes melanogigas Franco, Fernandes & Bentim, 2007
References
- 1 2 3 "Hydrodynates ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
- ↑ Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Hydrodynastes, pp. 78-79, 99, 132-133 + photographs on pp. 5, 47, 50).
- ↑ "Hydrodynastes ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de.
- ↑ "Hydrodynastes ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- Fitzinger L (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Genus Hydrodynastes, new genus, p. 25). (in Latin).
- Franco FL, Fernandes DS, Bentim BM (2007). "A new species of Hydrodynastes Fitzinger, 1843 from central Brazil (Serpentes: Colubridae: Xenodontidae)". Zootaxa 1613: 57-65. (Hydrodynastes melanogigas, new species).
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