Xylophis
Xylophis is a small genus of snakes in the family Pareidae. The genus contains three species, all of which are endemic to southern India.[1] All are members of the monotypic subfamily Xylophiinae. They are the only pareid snakes found in India and the only snakes in the family found outside Southeast Asia.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Pareidae |
| Subfamily: | Xylophiinae Deepak, Ruane & Gower, 2019 |
| Genus: | Xylophis Beddome, 1878 |
Species
The following 4 species are recognized as being valid[1]
- Xylophis captaini Gower & Winkler, 2007 — Captain's wood snake, Captain's xylophis
- Xylophis mosaicus Deepak, Narayanan, Das, Rajkumar, Easa, Sreejith, & Gower, 2020 — Anamalai wood snake
- Xylophis perroteti (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) — Perrotet's mountain snake, striped narrow-headed snake
- Xylophis stenorhynchus (Günther, 1875) — Günther's mountain snake
References
- Genus Xylophis at The Reptile Database
- Deepak, Veerapan; Ruane, Sara; Gower, David J. (2018). "A new subfamily of fossorial colubroid snakes from the Western Ghats of peninsular India". Journal of Natural History 52: 45-46, 2919-2934, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2018.1557756. (Xylophiinae, new subfamily).
Further reading
- Beddome RH (1878). "Description of a New Genus of Snakes of the Family Calamaridæ, from Southern India". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1878: 156. (Xylophis, new genus).
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