Philodryas
Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Colubroidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Dipsadinae
Genus: Philodryas
Species (16):
P. aestiva –
P. agassizii –
P. arnaldoi –
P. baroni –
P. boliviana –
P. chamissonis –
P. cordata –
P. erlandi –
P. livida –
P. mattogrossensis –
P. nattereri –
P. olfersii –
P. patagoniensis –
P. psammophidea –
P. trilineata –
P. varia
Name
- Type species: Coluber olfersii Lichtenstein, 1823, by monotypy.
Synonyms
- Pseudablabes Boulenger, 1896: 126 [synonymised by Zaher et al. (2009: 145)]
- Type species: Eirenis agassizii Jan, 1863, by monotypy.
- Platyinion Amaral, 1923: 91 [synonymised by Thomas & Fernandes (1996: 273)]
- Type species: Platyinion lividum Amaral, 1923, by monotypy.
References
Primary references
- Wagler, J.G. 1830. Natürliches System der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification der Säugetiere und Vögel. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung: München, Stuttgart, & Tübingen. 354 pp. BHL Reference page.
- Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III. Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ), Amblycephalidæ, and Viperidæ. British Museum (Natural History): London. xiv + 727 pp. BHL Reference page.
- Amaral, A. do. 1923. New genera and species of snakes. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 8: 85–105. BHL
- Thomas, R.A. & Fernandes, R. 1996. The systematic status of Platyinium lividum Amaral, 1923 (Serpentes: Colubridae: Xenodontinae). Herpetologica 52(2): 271–275.
- Zaher, H., Grazziotin, F.G., Cadle, J.E., Murphy, R.W., Moura-Leite, J.C. & Bonatto, S.L. 2009. Molecular phylogeny of advanced snakes (Serpentes, Caenophidia) with an emphasis on South American xenodontines: a revised classification and descriptions of new taxa. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 49(11): 115–153. DOI: 10.1590/S0031-10492009001100001
Reference page.
Additional references
- Arredondo, J.C., Grazziotin, F.G., Scrocchi, G.J., Rodrigues, M.T., Bonatto, S.L. & Zaher, H. 2020. Molecular phylogeny of the tribe Philodryadini Cope, 1886 (Dipsadidae: Xenodontinae): Rediscovering the diversity of the South American Racers. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 60: e20206053. DOI: 10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.53 Reference page.
- Melo-Sampaio, P.R., Passos, P., Martins, A.R., Jennings, W.B., Moura-Leite, J.C., Morato, S.A.A., Venegas, P.J., Chávez, G., Venâncio, N.M. & Souza, M.B. [2020] 2021. A phantom on the trees: integrative taxonomy supports a reappraisal of rear-fanged snakes classification (Dipsadidae: Philodryadini). Zoologischer Anzeiger 290: 19–39. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2020.10.008
Reference page.
Links
- Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Philodryas . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 October 2019.
Vernacular names
- English: South American Green Racers