Apostolepis

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
Species

36 species, see text.

Apostolepis is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae.[1] However, the familial placement differs among sources. It has also been placed in the family Colubridae, subfamily Dipsadinae[2] or Xenodontinae,[3] or in the family Xenodontidae.[4] The genus Apostolepis is endemic to South America.[4]

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. ^ a b 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 [13]: 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).