Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Pareidae
Subfamilia: Xylophiinae
Genus: Xylophis
Species (3): X. captaini – X. perroteti – X. stenorhynchus
Name
- Type species: Xylophis indicus Beddome, 1878, by monotypy.
Synonyms
- Platypteryx Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 500 [preoccupied by Platypteryx Laspeyres, 1803]
- Type species: Platypteryx perroteti Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854, by monotypy.
References
Primary references
- Beddome, R.H. 1878. Description of a new genus of snakes of the family Calamaridae, from Southern India. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1878: 576. BHL
- Duméril, A.M.C., Bibron, G. & Duméril, A.H.A. 1854. Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome Septième. Première Partie. Librarie encyclopédique de Roret: Paris. i–xvi + 780 pp. BHL
Additional references
- Gower, D.J. & Winkler, J.D. 2007. Taxonomy of The Indian snake Xylophis Beddome (Serpentes: Caenophidia), with description of a new species. Hamadryad 31(2): 315–329. PDF. Reference page.
- Deepak, V., Ruane, S. & Gower, D.J. 2018. A new subfamily of fossorial colubroid snakes from the Western Ghats of peninsular India. Journal of Natural History 52(45-46): 2919–2934. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2018.1557756
Links
- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2020. Xylophis . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 October 2019.
Vernacular names
English: Mountain Snakes
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