Scaphiodontophis
Appearance
Scaphiodontophis | |
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Scaphiodontophis venustissimus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Subfamily: | Sibynophiinae |
Genus: | Scaphiodontophis Taylor & H.M. Smith, 1943 |
Scaphiodontophis is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae.[1] The genus is native to Mexico, Central America, and Colombia.
Species
The following two species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Scaphiodontophis annulatus (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
- Scaphiodontophis venustissimus (Günther, 1893)
References
- ^ a b Genus Scaphiodontophis at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- Taylor EH, Smith HM (1943). "A Review of the American Sibynophine Snakes, with the Proposal of a New Genus". University of Kansas Science Bulletin 29: 301–337. (Scaphiodontophis, new genus, pp. 302–303).