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

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

Geographic range

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

Species

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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

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

References

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  1. ^ a b c 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

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  • 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).