Pseustes

Pseustes was a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae.

Pseustes
Pseustes sulphureus,
now Spilotes sulphureus,
in Atlantic Forest in Bahia, Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Colubrinae
Genus: Pseustes
Fitzinger, 1843

Taxonomy

Jadin et al. (2013) reassigned all species of Pseustes to the genera Phrynonax and Spilotes.[1][2]

Species

  • Pseustes cinnamomeus (Wagler, 1824) = Phrynonax sexcarinatus (Wagler, 1824)
  • Pseustes poecilonotus (Günther, 1858) = Phrynonax poecilonotus (Günther, 1858)
  • Pseustes sexcarinatus (Wagler, 1824) = Phrynonax sexcarinatus (Wagler, 1824)
  • Pseustes shropshirei (Barbour & Amaral, 1924) = Phrynonax shropshirei (Barbour & Amaral, 1924)
  • Pseustes sulphureus (Wagler, 1824) = Spilotes sulphureus (Wagler, 1824)

References

Further reading

  • Fitzinger L (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Pseustes, new genus, p. 27). (in Latin).
  • Jadin, Robert C; Burbrink, Frank T.; Rivas, Gilson A.; Vitt, Laurie J.; Barrio-Amorós, César L.; Guralnick, Robert P. (2013). "Finding arboreal snakes in an evolutionary tree: phylogenetic placement and systematic revision of the Neotropical birdsnakes". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 52 (3): 257-264.
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