Siphlophis

Siphlophis is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae.[1] The genus is endemic to the Americas.

Siphlophis
Siphlophis cervinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Dipsadinae
Genus: Siphlophis
Fitzinger, 1843

Geographic range

Species of the genus Siphlophis are found in northern South America and Central America.[1]

Species

The following seven species are recognized as being valid.[1][2]

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

Etymology

The specific name, worontzowi, is in honor of Brazilian entomologist Cesar Worontzow.[3]

gollark: Impressive.
gollark: <@!357932279231807488> ```0eNqtk9tugzAMht/F14nUsB4Yt3uMqao4uK2lkKAQqqGKd58DGmVr6bpqN0g28f/Zf5wzZLrBypHxkJyBcmtqSN7PUNPBpDrkfFshJEAeSxBg0jJEY5UssNK2RQedADIFfkCiOvGrQAD5lOtzW2ZkUm+nClG3FYDGkycc+umDdmeaMmNWou4KCahszbXWBD7rLQS0kEhuDApymA+/1iJUe2f1LsNjeiIu5fN70h7djA0ncr7hzMgfTsi30H1um+Cjmjix7dPGDMw6KKnwcVhM56IiDC2+xUsu7ia5r9mjC9sjapkfsfbXM0t1GfrBDtQM8WUk7tPaSzI1Orbomhnd9vmG5PLeKl3p/t8oq2cWZ457cIjmJzmeIa9HcokFNaVEzXqOcllZjXPoxS2pzaP3oeY14icu4E8+rHof+B33D3+CYfUTv69hNeJNFMXqdbGJuu4TgcmLIg==```
gollark: *gasp*
gollark: Okay, tomorrow.
gollark: It doesn't have the death feature, goes in one direction, and doesn't really do anything to reduce lag.

References

  1. Genus Siphlophis at The Reptile Database.
  2. "Siphlophis ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systemaik/Reptilien/Squamata/Serpentes/colubroidea/dipsadinae.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Siphlophis worontzowi, p. 289).

Further reading

  • Fitzinger L (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Siphlophis, new genus, p. 27). (in Latin).
  • Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Genus Siphlophis, p. 110).


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