Apostolepis

Apostolepis
Apostolepis assimilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Dipsadidae
Genus: Apostolepis
Cope, 1862
Type species
Elapomorphus flavo-torquatus
A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron, and A.H.A. Duméril 1854
Species

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] They are found in South America.[4]

Species

  • Apostolepis albicollaris de Lema, 2002
  • Apostolepis ambiniger (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, Gonzales & 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 (Duméril, Bibron & 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 (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

  1. Apostolepis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 February 2016.
  2. Vitt, Laurie J.; Caldwell, Janalee P. (2014). Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (4th ed.). Academic Press. p. 622–626.
  3. "Apostolepis Cope, 1862". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  4. 1 2 Van Wallach; 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.
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