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Phalotris | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
Genus: | Phalotris Cope, 1862 |
Phalotris is a genus of snakes of the subfamily Dipsadinae.
Contents
1 Geographic range
2 Species
3 Etymology
4 References
5 Further reading
Geographic range
All species of the genus Phalotris are found in South America.[1]
Species
The following 15 species are recognized as being valid.[1]
Phalotris bilineatus (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
Phalotris concolor Ferrarezzi, 1993
Phalotris cuyanus (Cei, 1984)
Phalotris labiomaculatus de Lema, 2002
Phalotris lativittatus Ferrarezzi, 1993
Phalotris lemniscatus (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
Phalotris matogrossensis de Lema, D'Agostini & Cappellari, 2005
Phalotris mertensi (Hoge, 1955)
Phalotris multipunctatus Puorto & Ferrarezzi, 1993
Phalotris nasutus (Gomes, 1915)
Phalotris nigrilatus Ferrarezzi, 1993
Phalotris normanscotti Cabral & Cacciali, 2015
Phalotris reticulatus (W. Peters, 1860)
Phalotris sansebastiani Jansen & G. Köhler, 2008
Phalotris tricolor (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Phalotris.
Etymology
The specific name, mertensi, is in honor of German herpetologist Robert Mertens.[2]
The specific name, normanscotti, is in honor of Norman Scott, Jr., in recognition of his contribution to the knowledge of the herpetofauna of Paraguay.[3]
References
^ ab Genus Phalotris at The Reptile Database.
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. .mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Phalotris mertensi, p. 176).
^ "Phalotris normanscotti ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
Cope ED (1862). "Observations upon certain Cyprinoid fish in Pennsylvania; on Elapomorphus, Sympholis, and Coniophanes ". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 13: 522-524. (Phalotris, new genus, p. 524).
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