Pseudalsophis

Pseudalsophis
Pseudalsophis dorsalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Colubridae
Subfamily:Dipsadinae
Genus:Pseudalsophis
Zaher et al., 2009
Species

Seven, see text.

Synonyms

Alsophis, Antillophis

Pseudalsophis is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to South America.

Geographic range

Species in the genus Pseudalsophis are found in Ecuador (particularly the Galápagos) and Peru.

Species

Seven species are recognized as being valid.[1]

  • Pseudalsophis biserialis (Günther, 1860) – Galápagos racer, Floreana snake, Española snake, San Cristóbal snake
  • Pseudalsophis dorsalis (Steindachner, 1876) – Galápagos snake, Fernandina snake, Isabela snake
  • Pseudalsophis elegans (Tschudi, 1845)
  • Pseudalsophis hoodensis (Van Denburgh, 1912) – Hood Island snake
  • Pseudalsophis occidentalis (Van Denburgh, 1912)
  • Pseudalsophis slevini (Van Denburgh, 1912) – banded Galápagos snake, Slevin's snake,
  • Pseudalsophis steindachneri (Van Denburgh, 1912) – striped Galápagos snake, Steindachner's snake

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

Etymology

The specific names, slevini and steidachneri, are in honor of American herpetologist Joseph Richard Slevin and Austrian herpetologist Franz Steindachner, respectively.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Pseudalsophis. The Reptile Database
  2. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Antillophis slevini, p. 245; Antillophis steindachneri, p. 252).

Further reading

  • Zaher, Hussam; Grazziotin, Felipe Gobbi; Cadle, John E.; Murphy, Robert W.; de Moura-Leite, Julio Cesar; Bonatto, Sandro (2009). "Molecular phylogeny of advanced snakes (Serpentes, Caenophidia) with an emphasis on South American Xenodontines: a revised classification and descriptions of new taxa". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 49 (11): 115-153. (Pseudalsophis, new genus). (in English, with abstracts in English and Portuguese).


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