Hydrodynastes

Hydrodynastes is a small genus of large colubrid snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae.[1] The genus is endemic to South America.[2]

Hydrodynastes
Hydrodynastes gigas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Dipsadinae
Genus: Hydrodynastes
Fitzinger, 1843[1]

Species

Two species are recognized by ITIS.[1]

An additional, recently described, species is recognized by other sources.[3][4]

  • Hydrodynastes melanogigas Franco, Fernandes & Bentim, 2007
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References
  1. "Hydrodynates ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
  2. Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Hydrodynastes, pp. 78-79, 99, 132-133 + photographs on pp. 5, 47, 50).
  3. "Hydrodynastes ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de.
  4. "Hydrodynastes ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading
  • Fitzinger L (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Genus Hydrodynastes, new genus, p. 25). (in Latin).
  • Franco FL, Fernandes DS, Bentim BM (2007). "A new species of Hydrodynastes Fitzinger, 1843 from central Brazil (Serpentes: Colubridae: Xenodontidae)". Zootaxa 1613: 57-65. (Hydrodynastes melanogigas, new species).
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