Spalerosophis is a small genus of snakes in the family Colubridae.
| Spalerosophis | |
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| Spalerosophis diadema cliffordi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Colubrinae |
| Genus: | Spalerosophis Jan, 1865 |
| Species | |
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Six recognized species, see article. | |
Geographic range edit
Member species are found in a wide range throughout Southern Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa.
Species edit
The following species six species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Spalerosophis arenarius (Boulenger, 1890) – red-spotted diadem snake, red-spotted royal snake
- Spalerosophis atriceps (Fischer, 1885) – diadem snake, royal snake
- Spalerosophis diadema (Schlegel, 1837) – diadem snake, royal snake
- Spalerosophis dolichospilus (F. Werner, 1923) – Mograbin diadem snake, Werner's diadem snake
- Spalerosophis josephscorteccii Lanza, 1964 – Scortecci's diadem snake[2]
- Spalerosophis microlepis Jan, 1865 – Jan's diadem snake, zebra snake
References edit
- ^ Genus Spalerosophis at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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. (Spalerosophis josephscorteccii, p. 240).
Further reading edit
- Jan G (1865). "Prime linee d'una fauna della Persia occidentale ". pp. 342–357. In: De Filippi F (1865). Note di un viaggio in Persia. Milan: G. Daelli. 369 pp. (Spalerosophis, new genus, p. 356). (in Italian).
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