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Genus of snakes

Apostolepis
Apostolepis assimilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Dipsadinae
Genus: Apostolepis
Cope, 1862
Type species
Elapomorphus flavo-torquatus
A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron, and A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
Species

36 species, see text.

Apostolepis is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae. However, the familial placement differs among sources. It has also been placed in the family Colubridae, subfamily Dipsadinae or Xenodontinae, or in the family Xenodontidae. The genus Apostolepis is endemic to South America.

Species

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Apostolepis.

References

  1. Apostolepis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 February 2016.
  2. Vitt, Laurie J.; Caldwell, Janalee P. (2014). Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (4th ed.). Academic Press. pp. 622–626.
  3. "Apostolepis Cope, 1862". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  4. ^ Wallach, Van; Williams, Kenneth L.; Boundy, Jeff (22 April 2014). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-4822-0847-4.

Further reading

  • 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 Apostolepis, p. 232).
  • Cope ED (1862). "On Elapomorphus, Sympholis, and Coniophanes ". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1861 : 524. (Apostolepis, new genus).
  • Freiberg MA (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Genus Apostolepis, pp. 65, 69, 89).
Taxon identifiers
Apostolepis
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