Apostolepis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Dipsadidae
Subfamilia: Dipsadinae
Genus: Apostolepis
Species (37): A. adhara – A. albicollaris – A. ambinigra – A. ammodites – A. arenaria – A. assimilis – A. borellii – A. breviceps – A. cearensis – A. cerradoensis – A. christianeae – A. dimidiata – A. dorbignyi – A. flavotorquata – A. gaboi – A. goiasensis – A. intermedia – A. kikoi – A. lineata – A. longicaudata – A. mariae – A. multicincta – A. nelsonjorgei – A. niceforoi – A. nigrolineata – A. nigroterminata – A. phillipseae – A. polylepis – A. pymi – A. quirogai – A. serrana – A. striata – A. tenuis – A. tertulianobeui – A. thalesdelemai – A. underwoodi – A. vittata

Name

Apostolepis Cope, 1862: 524

Type species: Elapomorphus flavotorquatus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854, by subsequent designation by Amaral (1929: 109).

References

Primary references

Cope, E.D. [1861] 1862. [On Elapomorphus, Sympholis, and Coniophanes]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 524. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Albuquerque, N.R. & Lema, T. 2012. Description of the second known specimen of Apostolepis intermedia (Serpentes, Colubridae, Xenodontinae). Zootaxa 3325: 53–58. Preview Reference page.

Costa, H.C. & Bérnils, R.S. 2015. Apostolepis parassimilis Lema & Renner, 2012 an objective synonym of A. tertulianobeui Lema, 2004 (Dipsadidae: Elapomorphini). Zootaxa 3957(2): 243–245. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3957.2.10 . Preview (PDF). Reference page.

Borges-Nojosa, D.M., Lima, D.C., Bezerra, C.H. & Harris, D.J. 2016. Two new species of Apostolepis Cope, 1862 (Serpentes: Elapomorphini) from brejos de altitude in Northeastern Brazil. Revista Nordestina de Zoologia 10(2): 74–94. Full article (PDF). Reference page.

Lema, T. & Campbell, P. 2017. New Species of Apostolepis (Serpentes, Dipsadinae, Elapomorphini) from Bolivia, from the Apostolepis borellii Group. Research & Reviews: Journal of Zoological Sciences 5(1): 19–28. Full article (PDF). Reference page.

Santos, F.M. dos, Entiauspe-Neto, O.M., Araújo, J. da S., Souza, M.B. de, Lema, T. de, Strüssmann, C. & Albuquerque, N.R. de 2018. A new species of burrowing snake (Serpentes: Dipsadidae: Apostolepis) from the state of Mato Grosso, Central-West region of Brazil. Zoologia 35: e26742. DOI: 10.3897/zoologia.35.e26742 Reference page.

França, D.P.F., Barbo, F.E., Silva Jr., N.J., Silva, H.L.R. & Zaher, H. 2018. A new species of Apostolepis (Serpentes, Dipsadidae, Elapomorphini) from the Cerrado of Central Brazil. Zootaxa 4521(4): 438–552. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4521.4.3 . Reference page.

Entiauspe-Neto, O.M., Sena, A. de, Tiutenko, A. & Loebmann, D. 2019. Taxonomic status of Apostolepis barrioi Lema, 1978, with comments on the taxonomic instability of Apostolepis Cope, 1862 (Serpentes, Dipsadidae). Zookeys 841: 71–78. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.841.33404 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2020. Apostolepis . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 June 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Burrowing Snakes

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