Gyiophis
Gyiophis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Homalopsidae |
Genus: | Gyiophis & , 2014[1] |
Type species | |
Hypsirhina maculosa Blanford, 1879
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Gyiophis is a genus of snakes in the family Homalopsidae.[2] The genus is endemic to Myanmar.
Etymology[]
The genus Gyiophis was named in honor of the Burmese herpetologist Ko Ko Gyi.[1]
Species[]
As of 2017, three described species have been classified in the genus Gyiophis.[2]
- (Blanford, 1879)[3][4] – Blanford's mud snake
- et al., 2017[5] – Salween river basin mud snake
- (, 2007)[6] – mud snake
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Gyiophis.
Geographic range[]
All three species in the genus Gyiophis are found in Myanmar. Two species, G. maculosa and G. vorisi, live in the Irrawaddy Delta, whereas G. salweenensis lives in the Salween River basin.[5]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Murphy, John C.; Voris, Harold K. (2014). "A Checklist and Key to the Homalopsid Snakes (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes), with the Description of New Genera". Fieldiana: Life and Earth Sciences. 8: 21–22. doi:10.3158/2158-5520-14.8.1. S2CID 84404949.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Genus Gyiophis at The Reptile Database.
- ^ Blanford WT (1879). "Notes on Reptilia". The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 48 (3): 130–131.
- ^ Blanford WT (1881). "On a Collection of Reptiles and Frogs chiefly from Singapore". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1881 (1): 226. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1881.tb01281.x.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Quah, Evan S. H.; Grismer, L. Lee; Wood, Jr., Perry L.; Thura, Myint Kyaw; Zin, Thaw; Kyaw, Htet; Lwin, Ngwe; Grismer, Marta S.; Murdoch, Matthew L. (2017). "A new species of Mud Snake (Serpentes, Homalopsidae, Gyiophis Murphy & Voris, 2014) from Myanmar with a first molecular phylogenetic assessment of the genus". Zootaxa. 4238 (4): 571–582. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4238.4.5. PMID 28603251.
- ^ Murphy, John C. (2007). "A review of Enhydris maculosa (Blanford, 1879) and the description of a related species (Serpentes, Homalopsidae)". Hamadryad. 31: 281–287.
Categories:
- Snake genera
- Colubrids
- Reptiles of Myanmar
- Colubrid stubs