Dryophiops is a genus of whip snakes of the family Colubridae, containing two species.[1] They are arboreal tree snakes, found in forests in Southeast Asia.

Dryophiops
Dryophiops philippina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Ahaetuliinae
Genus: Dryophiops
Boulenger, 1896
Species

Taxonomy

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The genus Dryophiops contains two species: the type species Dryophiops rubescens found in mainland Southeast Asia and Indonesia, and Dryophiops philippina found in the Philippines.[1]

Dryophiops is one of five genera belonging to the vine snake subfamily Ahaetuliinae, of which Dryophiops is most closely related to Ahaetulla and Proahaetulla, as shown in the cladogram below:[2]

Ahaetuliinae
sharp‑nosed snakes
broad‑nosed snakes

Description

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Dryophiops snakes, along with their close relatives of Ahaetulla and Proahaetulla, all share an elongated and laterally compressed body plan, with elongated sharp snouts, and large eyes with horizontals pupils specialized for binocular vision.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Genus Dryophiops at The Reptile Database.
  2. ^ a b Mallik, Ashok Kumar; Achyuthan, N. Srikanthan; Ganesh, Sumaithangi R.; Pal, Saunak P.; Vijayakumar, S. P.; Shanker, Kartik (27 July 2019). "Discovery of a deeply divergent new lineage of vine snake (Colubridae: Ahaetuliinae: Proahaetulla gen. nov.) from the southern Western Ghats of Peninsular India with a revised key for Ahaetuliinae". PLOS ONE. 14 (7): e0218851. Bibcode:2019PLoSO..1418851M. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0218851. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 6636718. PMID 31314800.