Rhabdops

Rhabdops is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae.[1] The genus is endemic to the Western Ghats of India.

Rhabdops
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Natricinae
Genus: Rhabdops
Boulenger, 1893
Species

Three recognized species, see article.

Species

The genus Rhabdops contains two recognized valid species:[2]

The species R. bicolor is now considered to belong to the genus Smithophis.

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

References
  1. Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, Baillargeon G, Ouvrard D, eds. (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  2. Genus Rhabdops at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading
  • 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. (Rhabdops, new genus, p. 300).
  • Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Genus Rhabdops, pp. 327–328).


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