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Lystrophis

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Lystrophis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Xenodontinae
Genus: Lystrophis
Cope, 1885[1]

Lystrophis is the genus of tricolored South American hognose snakes. They mimic milk snakes or coral snakes with their red, black, and white ringed patterns.

Species

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The genus Lystrophis contains five species that are recognized as being valid.[1]

Lystrophis dorbignyi is the type species for the genus Lystrophis.[2]

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

Taxonomy

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All species of Lystrophis are sometimes included in the genus Xenodon.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Lystrophis ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  2. ^ a b Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Genus Lystrophis, p. 103).

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 Lystrophis, p. 151).
  • Cope ED (1885). "Twelfth Contribution to the Herpetology of Tropical America". Proc. American. Philos. Soc. 22 ["1884"]: 167–194. (Lystrophis, new genus, p. 193).
  • Tozetti AM, Pontes GMF, Martins MB, Oliveira RB (2010). "Temperature preferences of Xenodon dorbignyi : field and experimental observations". Herpetological Journal 20: 277–280.
  • Tozetti AM, Oliveira RB, Pontes GMF (2009). "Defensive repertoire of Xenodon dorbignyi (Serpentes, Dipsadidae)". Biota Neotropica (online edition in English) 9: 1–7.
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