Pseustes

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Pseustes
Pseustes sulphureus, Atlantic forest, Bahia, Brazil (4872996211).jpg
Pseustes sulphureus,
now Spilotes sulphureus,
in Atlantic Forest in Bahia, Brazil
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Colubrinae
Genus: Pseustes
Fitzinger, 1843

Pseustes was a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae.

Taxonomy[]

Jadin et al. (2013) reassigned all species of Pseustes to the genera Phrynonax and Spilotes.[1][2]

Species[]

  • (Wagler, 1824) = (Wagler, 1824)
  • Pseustes poecilonotus (Günther, 1858) = Phrynonax poecilonotus (Günther, 1858)
  • (Wagler, 1824) = (Wagler, 1824)
  • (Barbour & Amaral, 1924) = (Barbour & Amaral, 1924)
  • Pseustes sulphureus (Wagler, 1824) = Spilotes sulphureus (Wagler, 1824)

References[]

  1. ^ Genus Phrynonax at The Reptile Database.
  2. ^ Genus Spilotes at The Reptile Database.

Further reading[]

  • Fitzinger L (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Pseustes, new genus, p. 27). (in Latin).
  • Jadin, Robert C; Burbrink, Frank T.; Rivas, Gilson A.; Vitt, Laurie J.; Barrio-Amorós, César L.; Guralnick, Robert P. (2013). "Finding arboreal snakes in an evolutionary tree: phylogenetic placement and systematic revision of the Neotropical birdsnakes". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 52 (3): 257-264.
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