| Lygophis | |
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| Lygophis lineatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
| Genus: | Lygophis Fitzinger, 1843 |
Lygophis is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Panama and South America.
Species
[edit]The genus Lygophis contains the following eight species which are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Lygophis anomalus (Günther, 1858)
- Lygophis dilepis Cope, 1862 - Lema's ground snake, Lema’s striped snake
- Lygophis elegantissimus (Koslowsky, 1896)
- Lygophis flavifrenatus Cope, 1862 - fronted ground snake
- Lygophis lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758) - lined ground snake
- Lygophis meridionalis (Schenkel, 1902)
- Lygophis paucidens Hoge, 1953 - Hoge's ground snake
- Lygophis vanzolinii (Dixon, 1985) - Vanzolini's ground snake
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lygophis.
References
[edit]- ^ Genus Lygophis at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
[edit]- Fitzinger L (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Lygophis, new genus, p. 26). (in Latin).
- Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Genus Lygophis, p. 103).
- Zaher H, Grazziotin PG, Cadle JE, Murphy RW, Moura-Leite JC, Bonatto SL (2009). "Molecular phylogeny of advanced snakes (Serpentes, Caenophidia) with an emphasis on South American Xenodontines: a revised classification and descriptions of new taxa". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo 49 (11): 115–153. ("Lygophis Fitzinger, 1843 resurrected", p. 147). (in English, with abstracts in English and Portuguese).
- https://serpientesdevenezuela.org/lygophis-lineatus/
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