Oxyrhopus
Genus of snakes
Oxyrhopus
Oxyrhopus melanogenys
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Squamata
Suborder:
Serpentes
Family:
Colubridae
Subfamily:
Dipsadinae
Genus:
Oxyrhopus Wagler , 1830[ 1]
Synonyms
Brachyruton, Clelia, Coluber , Duberria, Erythrolamprus , Lycodon , Olisthenes, Phimophis, Pseudoboa, Rhinosimus, Scytale, Siphlophis, Sphenocephalus [ 2]
Oxyrhopus false coral snakes , is a genus of colubrid snakes that belong to the subfamily Dipsadinae . All 15 members of the genus are found in the northern part of South America , with the native range of the most widespread member, Oxyrhopus petolarius Central America and Trinidad and Tobago as well.[ 3] [ 1]
Species
The following 15 species are recognized as being valid.[ 4]
Oxyrhopus clathratus A.M.C. Duméril , Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril , 1854Oxyrhopus doliatus A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854 – Bibron's false coral snakeOxyrhopus emberti Gonzales , Reichle & Entiauspe-Neto , 2020Oxyrhopus erdisii (Barbour , 1913) Oxyrhopus fitzingeri (Tschudi , 1845) – Fitzinger's false coral snakeOxyrhopus formosus (Wied-Neuwied , 1820) – Formosa false coral snake, beautiful calico snakeOxyrhopus guibei Hoge & Romano , 1977Oxyrhopus leucomelas (F. Werner , 1916) – Werner's false coral snakeOxyrhopus marcapatae (Boulenger , 1902) – Boulenger's false coral snakeOxyrhopus melanogenys (Tschudi, 1845) – Tschudi's false coral snakeOxyrhopus occipitalis (Wied-Neuwied , 1824) Oxyrhopus petolarius (Linnaeus , 1758 ) – forest flame snakeOxyrhopus rhombifer A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854 – Amazon false coral snakeOxyrhopus trigeminus A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854 [ 1] Oxyrhopus vanidicus Lynch , 2009[ 5] The former Oxyrhopus venezuelanus Shreve , 1947[ 1] Oxyrhopus doliatus .[ 4]
Nota bene Oxyrhopus .
Description
Species in the genus Oxyrhopus share the following characters:
Head distinct from neck. Eye moderate or small. Pupil vertically elliptic. Body cylindrical or slightly laterally compressed. Tail moderate or long.
Dorsal scales smooth, with apical pits, and arranged in 19 rows at midbody.
Maxillary teeth 10–15, subequal, followed after a gap by two enlarged grooved teeth, located just behind the posterior border of the eye.[ 2]
References
^ a b c d "Oxyrhopus " . Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 26 February 2011 .^ a b Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Genus Oxyrhopus , p. 99).^ MacCulloch, Ross D. ; Lathrop, Amy ; Kok, Philippe J. R. ; Ernst, Raffael ; Kalamandeen, Michelle (2009). "The genus Oxyrhopus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae: Xenodontinae) in Guyana: morphology, distributions and comments on taxonomy" . Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia . 49 (36): 487–495. doi :10.1590/S0031-10492009003600001 ^ a b Genus Oxyrhopus The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
^ Lynch JD (2009). "Snakes of the genus Oxyrhopus (Colubridae: Squamata) in Colombia: taxonomy and geographic variation". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo 49 (25): 319-337. (Oxyrhopus vanidicus , new species).
Further reading
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Oxyrhopus .
Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America . Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7 . (Oxyrhopus , pp. 78–79, 104–105, 137 + photographs on pp. 135, 138, 190–191).Wagler J (1830). Natürliches System der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification des Säugthiere und Vögel. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. Munich, Stuttgart, and Tübingen: J.G. Cotta. vi + 354 pp. + one plate. (Oxyrhopus , new genus, pp. 185–186). (in German and Latin).
