Siphlophis

Siphlophis
Siphlophis cervinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Colubridae
Subfamily:Dipsadinae
Genus:Siphlophis
Fitzinger, 1843

Siphlophis is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae.[1] The genus is endemic to the Americas.

Taxonomy

The genus Siphlophis may be placed in the subfamily Dipsadinae in the family Colubridae, or it may be placed in the subfamily Xenodontinae in the family Dipsadidae.

Geographic range

Species of the genus Siphlophis are found in northern South America and Central America.[1]

Species

The following seven species are recognized as being valid.[1][2]

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

Etymology

The specific name, worontzowi, is in honor of Brazilian entomologist Cesar Worontzow.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Genus Siphlophis at The Reptile Database.
  2. ↑ "Siphlophis ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systemaik/Reptilien/Squamata/Serpentes/colubroidea/dipsadinae.
  3. ↑ 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. (Siphlophis worontzowi, p. 289).

Further reading

  • Fitzinger L (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Siphlophis, new genus, p. 27). (in Latin).
  • Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Genus Siphlophis, p. 110).


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