Synophis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
| Genus: | Synophis Peracca, 1896 |
Synophis is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to northwestern South America.
Description[]
Snakes of the genus Synophis have unusual scalation on the top of the head. The internasal scales are very small, and the prefrontal scales are fused into one large plate.[1]
Species[]
The genus Synophis contains the following nine species which are recognized as being valid.[2]
- Synophis bicolor Peracca, 1896
- Synophis bogerti , , , Chávez & , 2015
- Synophis calamitus Hillis, 1990
- Synophis insulomontanus Torres-Carvajal, Echevarría, Venegas, Chávez & Camper, 2015
- (Nicéforo-María, 1950)
- , , Echevarría, & Torres-Carvajal, 2016
- & T. Grant, 2001
- Pyron, Guayasamin, , & Arteaga, 2015
- Torres-Carvajal, Echevarría, Venegas, Chávez & Camper, 2015
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Synophis.
References[]
- ^ Peracca (1896).
- ^ Genus Synophis at The Reptile Database.
Further reading[]
- Peracca MG (1896). "Nuovo genere di Colubride aglifo dell'America meridionale ". Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della R[egia]. Università di Torino 11 (266): 1–2. (Synophis, new genus). (in Italian).
- Pyron, R. Alexander; Arteaga, Alejandro; Echevarría, Lourdes Y.; Torres-Carvajal, Omar (2016). "A revision and key for the tribe Diaphorolepidini (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) and checklist for the genus Synophis ". Zootaxa 4171 (2): 293–320.
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