Lystrophis
Lystrophis is the genus of tricolored South American hognose snakes. They mimic milk snakes or coral snakes with their red, black, and white ringed patterns.
| Lystrophis | |
|---|---|
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| South American hognose snake, a coral snake mimic | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Xenodontinae |
| Genus: | Lystrophis Cope, 1885[1] |
Species
The genus Lystrophis contains four species that are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Lystrophis dorbignyi (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – southern Brazil and southern Paraguay to Argentina
- Lystrophis histricus (Jan, 1863) – southern Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay to northeastern Argentina
- Lystrophis nattereri (Steindachner, 1867) – southern Brazil
- Lystrophis semicinctus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) – central Argentina to southern Bolivia and southwestern Brazil[2]
Lystrophis dorbignyi is the type species for the genus Lystrophis.[2]
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lystrophis.
References
- "Lystrophis ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Genus Lystrophis, p. 103).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I–XX. (Genus Lystrophis, p. 151).
- Cope ED (1885). "Twelfth Contribution to the Herpetology of Tropical America". Proc. American. Philos. Soc. 22 ["1884"]: 167–194. (Lystrophis, new genus, p. 193).
- Tozetti AM, Pontes GMF, Martins MB, Oliveira RB (2010). "Temperature preferences of Xenodon dorbignyi : field and experimental observations". Herpetological Journal 20: 277–280.
- Tozetti AM, Oliveira RB, Pontes GMF (2009). "Defensive repertoire of Xenodon dorbignyi (Serpentes, Dipsadidae)". Biota Neotropica (online edition in English) 9: 1–7.
External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100925051139/http://hognose.com/pages/species/lystrophis.htm
- http://www.pardalisberlin.de/index.php/lystrophis
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