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Oxyrhopus 
Oxyrhopus melanogenys in Ecuador. Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Colubridae Subfamily: Xenodontinae Genus: Oxyrhopus
Wagler, 1830Oxyrhopus is a genus of colubrid snakes that belong to the Xenodontinae subfamily. It is found in Central America and the northern part of South America. [1] The genus includes 13 distinct species.[2]
Species
- Oxyrhopus clathratus Duméril, Bibron and Duméril, 1854
- Oxyrhopus doliatus Duméril, Bibron and Duméril, 1854
- Oxyrhopus fitzingeri (Tschudi, 1845)
- Oxyrhopus formosus (Wied-Neuwied, 1820)
- Oxyrhopus guibei Hoge and Romano, 1977
- Oxyrhopus leucomelas (Werner, 1916)
- Oxyrhopus marcapatae (Boulenger, 1902)
- Oxyrhopus melanogenys (Tschudi, 1845)
- Oxyrhopus occipitalis (Wagler, 1824)
- Oxyrhopus petola (Linnaeus, 1758) -- Calico Snake, Culebra-encendida de Cálico
- Oxyrhopus rhombifer Duméril, Bibron and Duméril, 1854
- Oxyrhopus trigeminus Duméril, Bibron and Duméril, 1854
- Oxyrhopus venezuelanus Shreve, 1947
References
- ^ Ross, D.; MacCulloch; Amy Lathrop; Philippe J. R. Kok; Raffael Ernst; Michelle Kalamandeen (2009). "The genus Oxyrhopus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae: Xenodontinae) in Guyana: morphology, distributions and comments on taxonomy". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 49 (36). doi:10.1590/S0031-10492009003600001. http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S0031-10492009003600001&script=sci_arttext&tlng=en. Retrieved 2011-02-26.
- ^ "Oxyrhopus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=209483. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
Categories:- Colubrids
- Oxyrhopus
- Reptiles of Central America
- Reptiles of South America
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