Liodytes

Liodytes is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The genus contains three species.

Liodytes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Natricinae
Genus: Liodytes
Cope, 1885

Geographic range

All species of the genus Liodytes are endemic to the southeastern United States.[1]

Species

The following species are recognized as being valid.[1]

  • Liodytes alleni (Garman, 1874) – striped crayfish snake
  • Liodytes pygaea (Cope, 1871) – black swamp snake
  • Liodytes rigida (Say, 1825) – crayfish snake

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

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References
  1. Genus Liodytes at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading
  • Cope ED (1885). "Twelfth Contribution to the Herpetology of Tropical America". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia 22: 167–194. (Liodytes, new genus, p. 194).
  • Powell R, Conant R, Collins JT (2016). Peterson Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Fourth Edition. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. xiv + 494 pp., 47 plates, 207 figures. ISBN 978-0-544-12997-9. (Genus Liodytes, p. 412).


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