Apostolepis
| Apostolepis | |
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| Apostolepis assimilis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
| Genus: | Apostolepis Cope, 1862 |
| Type species | |
| Elapomorphus flavo-torquatus | |
| Species | |
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About 31 species (see text) | |
Apostolepis is a genus of snakes in the family Dipsadidae.[1] However, the familial placement differs among sources. It has also been placed in the family Colubridae, subfamily Dipsadinae[2] or Xenodontinae,[3] or in the family Xenodontidae.[4] The genus Apostolepis is endemic to South America.[4]
Species
- Apostolepis albicollaris de Lema, 2002
- Apostolepis ambiniger (W. Peters, 1869)
- Apostolepis ammodites Ferrarezzi, Erritto Barbo & España Albuquerque, 2005
- Apostolepis arenaria Rodrigues, 1993
- Apostolepis assimilis (Reinhardt, 1861)
- Apostolepis borellii Peracca, 1904
- Apostolepis breviceps Harvey, Gonzáles & Scrocchi, 2001
- Apostolepis cearensis Gomes, 1915
- Apostolepis cerradoensis de Lema, 2003
- Apostolepis christineae de Lema, 2002
- Apostolepis dimidiata (Jan, 1862)
- Apostolepis dorbignyi (Schlegel, 1837)
- Apostolepis flavotorquata (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
- Apostolepis gaboi Rodrigues, 1993
- Apostolepis goiasensis Prado, 1942
- Apostolepis intermedia Koslowsky, 1898
- Apostolepis longicaudata Gomes, 1921
- Apostolepis multicincta Harvey, 1999
- Apostolepis nelsonjorgei de Lema & Renner, 2004
- Apostolepis niceforoi Amaral, 1935
- Apostolepis nigrolineata (W. Peters, 1869)
- Apostolepis nigroterminata Boulenger, 1896
- Apostolepis parassimilis de Lema & Renner, 2011
- Apostolepis phillipsae Harvey, 1999
- Apostolepis polylepis Amaral, 1921
- Apostolepis pymi Boulenger, 1903
- Apostolepis quirogai Giraudo & Scrocchi, 1998
- Apostolepis serrana de Lema & Renner, 2006
- Apostolepis striata de Lema, 2004
- Apostolepis tenuis Ruthven, 1927
- Apostolepis vittata (Cope, 1887)
References
- ^ Apostolepis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 February 2016.
- ^ Vitt, Laurie J.; Caldwell, Janalee P. (2014). Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (4th ed.). Academic Press. p. 622–626.
- ^ "Apostolepis Cope, 1862". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
- ^ a b Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams; Jeff Boundy (22 April 2014). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-4822-0847-4.