Stenophis

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Stenophis
Stenophis variablis.jpg
Stenophis variablis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Lamprophiidae
Subfamily: Lamprophiinae
Genus: Stenophis
Boulenger, 1896

Stenophis is a genus of Madagascan arboreal snakes, part of the family Lamprophiidae. Species of Stenophis typically have large heads relative to their body size, and their bodies are elongated and often thin.[1] The genus includes both viviparous and oviparous species.[2] They usually have prolate pupils.

Taxonomy[]

Stenophis was previously considered to be part of the genus Lycodryas until the mid-1990s.[1]

A phylogenetic analysis in 2008 found that the genus is polyphyletic,[3] and a 2010 study proposed three monophyletic genera of the snakes currently in Stenophis and Lycodryas: Lycodryas (with Stenophis as a junior synonym), Phisalixella, and Parastenophis.[4]

Species[]

Known species of Stenophis include:[1]

  • (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
    = (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
  • Stenophis betsileanus (Günther, 1880) = Parastenophis betsileanus (Günther, 1880)
  • Domergue, 1995 = (Domergue, 1995)
  • Stenophis citrinus Domergue, 1995 = Lycodryas citrinus (Domergue, 1995)
  • (Schlegel, 1837) = (Schlegel, 1837)
  • (Boettger, 1877) = (Boettger, 1877)
  • Boulenger, 1896 = (Boulenger, 1896)
  • Domergue, 1995 = (Domergue, 1995)
  • Domergue, 1995 = (Domergue, 1995)
  • Boulenger, 1896 = (Boulenger, 1896)
  • Domergue, 1995 = (is a junior synonym of ) (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
  • Domergue, 1995 = (Domergue, 1995)
  • Domergue, 1995 = (Domergue, 1995)
  • Boulenger, 1896 = (Boulenger, 1896)

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

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Vences, Miguel; Glaw, Frank; Mercurio, Vincenzo; Andreone, Franco. "Review of the Malagasy tree snakes of the genus Stenophis (Colubridae)". Salamandra, Rheinbach, 30.06.2004, 40 (2): 161-179. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Herpetologie und Terrarienkunde e.V.
  2. ^ Vitt, Laurie J.; Caldwell, Janalee P. (2009). Herpetology (3 ed.). Academic Press. p. 526. ISBN 0-12-374346-X.
  3. ^ Vidal, Nicolas; Branch, William R.; Pauwels, Olivier S.G.; Hedges, S. Blair; Broadley, Donald G.; Wink, Michael; Cruad, Corinne; Joger, Ulrich; Nagy, Zoltan Tamas. (2008). "Dissecting the major African snake radiation: a molecular phylogeny of the Lamprophiidae Fitzinger (Serpentes, Caenophidia)". Zootaxa. Magnolia Press. 1945: 51–66. ISSN 1175-5334.
  4. ^ Nagy ZT, Glaw F, Vences M (2010). "Systematics of the snake genera Stenophis and Lycodryas from Madagascar and the Comoros". Zoologica Scripta. 39: 426–435. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00435.x.

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. (Stenophis, new genus, pp. 39–40 + Plate IV).


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