Apostolepis
Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Colubroidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Dipsadinae
Genus: Apostolepis
Species (35): A. adhara – A. albicollaris – A. ambiniger – A. arenaria – A. assimilis – A. borellii – A. breviceps – A. cearensis – A. christianeae – A. dimidiata – A. dorbignyi – A. flavotorquata – A. gaboi – A. goiasensis – A. intermedia – A. kikoi – A. lineata – A. longicaudata – A. multicincta – A. nelsonjorgei – A. niceforoi – A. nigrolineata – A. nigroterminata – A. phillipseae – A. polylepis – A. pymi – A. quinquelineata – A. quirogai – A. rondoni – A. sanctaeritae – A. serrana – A. striata – A. tenuis – A. thalesdelemai – A. underwoodi – A. vittata
Name
- Type species: Elapomorphus flavotorquatus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854, by subsequent designation by Amaral (1929: 109).
References
Primary references
- Cope, E.D. [1861] 1862. On Elapomorphus, Sympholis, and Coniophanes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 524. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
- Albuquerque, N.R. & Lema, T. 2012. Description of the second known specimen of Apostolepis intermedia (Serpentes, Colubridae, Xenodontinae). Zootaxa 3325: 53–58. Preview Reference page.
- Colli, G.R., Barreto-Lima, A.F., Dantas, P.T., Morais, C.J.S., Pantoja, D.L., de Sena, A. & De Sousa, H.C. 2019. On the occurrence of Apostolepis phillipsi (Serpentes, Elapomorphini) in Brazil, with the description of a new specimen from Mato Grosso. Zootaxa 4619(3): 580–588. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4619.3.11
Reference page. - Costa, H.C. & Bérnils, R.S. 2015. Apostolepis parassimilis Lema & Renner, 2012 an objective synonym of A. tertulianobeui Lema, 2004 (Dipsadidae: Elapomorphini). Zootaxa 3957(2): 243–245. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3957.2.10. Preview (PDF). Reference page.
- Borges-Nojosa, D.M., Lima, D.C., Bezerra, C.H. & Harris, D.J. 2016. Two new species of Apostolepis Cope, 1862 (Serpentes: Elapomorphini) from brejos de altitude in Northeastern Brazil. Revista Nordestina de Zoologia 10(2): 74–94. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
- Lema, T. & Campbell, P. 2017. New Species of Apostolepis (Serpentes, Dipsadinae, Elapomorphini) from Bolivia, from the Apostolepis borellii Group. Research & Reviews: Journal of Zoological Sciences 5(1): 19–28. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
- Santos, F.M. dos, Entiauspe-Neto, O.M., Araújo, J. da S., Souza, M.B. de, Lema, T. de, Strüssmann, C. & Albuquerque, N.R. de 2018. A new species of burrowing snake (Serpentes: Dipsadidae: Apostolepis) from the state of Mato Grosso, Central-West region of Brazil. Zoologia 35: e26742. DOI: 10.3897/zoologia.35.e26742 Reference page.
- França, D.P.F., Barbo, F.E., Silva Jr., N.J., Silva, H.L.R. & Zaher, H. 2018. A new species of Apostolepis (Serpentes, Dipsadidae, Elapomorphini) from the Cerrado of Central Brazil. Zootaxa 4521(4): 438–552. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4521.4.3. Reference page.
- Entiauspe-Neto, O.M., Sena, A. de, Tiutenko, A. & Loebmann, D. 2019. Taxonomic status of Apostolepis barrioi Lema, 1978, with comments on the taxonomic instability of Apostolepis Cope, 1862 (Serpentes, Dipsadidae). Zookeys 841: 71–78. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.841.33404
Reference page. - Entiauspe-Neto, O.M. & Tiutenko, A. 2020. On the taxonomic status of Apostolepis roncadori Lema, 2016 and Apostolepis vittata (Cope, 1887) (Serpentes: Dipsdidae). Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetologia 3(2): 114–119. Reference page.
- Entiauspe-Neto, O.M., Medina Rangel, G.F., Guedes, T.B. & Tiutenko, A. 2020. Raising of Lazarus: Rediscovery and redescription of Apostolepis niceforoi Amaral, 1935 (Serpentes: Dipsadidae: Elapomorphini). Holotipus rivista di zoologia sistematica e tassonomia 1(2): 21–35. Reference page.
- Entiauspe-Neto, O.M., Koch, C., Guedes, T.B. & Tiutenko, A. 2020. Revisiting the taxonomic status of Apostolepis sanctaeritae, a forgotten Neotropical dipsadid snake. Salamandra 56(4): 329–341. PDF ResearchGate Reference page.
- Entiauspe-Neto, O.M., Koch, C., Gray, R., Tiutenko, A., Loebmann, D. & Guedes, T.B.. 2021. Taxonomic status of Apostolepis tertulianobeui Lema, 2004 based on an integrative revision of Apostolepis assimilis (Reinhardt, 1861) (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) Zoologischer Anzeiger 291(1): 123–138. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2021.01.004 Reference page.
- Entiauspe-Neto, O.M., Koch, C., Guedes, T.B., Paredero, R.C.B., Tiutenko, A. & Loebmann, D. 2022. Unveiling an enigma from the Cerrado: taxonomic revision of two sympatric species of Apostolepis Cope, 1862 (Dipsadidae: Xenodontinae: Elapomorphini) from central Brazil. European Journal of Taxonomy 817(1): 196–218. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.817.1769 ; ResearchGate Reference page.
Links
- Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Apostolepis . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 10 September 2024.
Vernacular names
- English: Blackheaded Burrowing Snakes
- русский: апостолеписы, черноголовые роющие змеи
- українська: чорноголові риючі змії