Spilotes is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to the New World.

Spilotes
Spilotes pullatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Colubrinae
Genus: Spilotes
Wagler, 1830
Synonyms[1]

Cerastes, Coluber, Dipsas, Herpetodryas, Natrix, Paraphrynonax, Phrynonax, Pseustes

Geographic range

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Species in the genus Spilotes are found in Mexico, Central America, and South America.[1]

Species

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Two species are recognized as being valid.[1]

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

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Further reading

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  • Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I-XX. (Genus Spilotes, p. 23).
  • Wagler J (1830). Natürliches System der AMPHIBIEN, mit vorangehender classification der SÄUGTHIERE und VÖGEL. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. Munich, Stuttgart and Tübingen: J.G. Cotta. vi + 354 pp. + one plate. (Spilotes, new genus, p. 179). (in German and Latin).