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Tropidonophis

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Tropidonophis
Tropidonophis mairii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Natricinae
Genus: Tropidonophis
Jan, 1863

Tropidonophis is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae.[1]

Species

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The following 20 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 Tropidonophis.

References

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  1. ^ a b Genus Tropidonophis at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

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  • Jan G (1863). Elenco sistematico degli ofidi descritti e disegnati per l'iconografia generale. Milan: A. Lombardi. vii + 143 pp. (Tropidonophis, new genus, p. 72). (in Italian).
  • Malnate EV, Underwood G (1988). "Australasian Natricine Snakes of the GenusTropidonophis ". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 140 (1): 59–201.