Homalophis

Homalophis is a genus of snakes in the family Homalopsidae. The genus is endemic to Southeast Asia.[1]

Homalophis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Homalopsidae
Genus: Homalophis
W. Peters, 1871

Species

The following two species are recognized as being valid.[1]

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

References

Further reading

  • Peters W (1871). "Über neuen Reptilien aus Ostafrica und Sarawak (Borneo), vorzüglich aus der Sammlung des Hrn. Marquis J. Doria zu Genua". Monatsberichte der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1871: 566–581. (Homalophis, new subgenus, p. 577; H. doriae, new species, p. 577). (in German).



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