Plagiopholis

Plagiopholis
Plagiopholis styani
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Colubridae
Subfamily:Pseudoxenodontinae
Genus:Plagiopholis
Boulenger, 1893

Plagiopholis is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae.[1][2]

Geographic range

The species of this genus are found in Southeast Asia, China and Taiwan.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

List of species

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Plagiopholis.

Original publication

  • Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Plagiopholis, new genus, p. 301).().

References

  1. "Plagiopholis ". uBIO. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  2. "Plagiopholis ". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  3. Wallach, Van; Williams, Kenneth L.; Boundy, Jeff. (2014). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. pp. 562–563 (of 1, 237 pp.). ISBN 9781482208474.
  4. 1 2 "Plagiopholis blakewayi ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  5. 1 2 "Plagiopholis delacouri ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  6. 1 2 "Plagiopholis nuchalis ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  7. 1 2 "Plagiopholis styani ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  8. "Plagiopholis unipostocularis ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 29 April 2014.


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