Genus of snakes
Liodytes is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The genus contains three species.
Geographic range
All species of the genus Liodytes are endemic to the southeastern United States.[1]
Species
The following species are recognized as being valid.[1]
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Liodytes.
References
Further reading
- Cope ED (1885). "Twelfth Contribution to the Herpetology of Tropical America". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia 22: 167–194. (Liodytes, new genus, p. 194).
- Powell R, Conant R, Collins JT (2016). Peterson Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Fourth Edition. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. xiv + 494 pp., 47 plates, 207 figures. ISBN 978-0-544-12997-9. (Genus Liodytes, p. 412).
