Liophis

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Liophis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Sauropsida
Subclass: Diapsida
Infraclass: Lepidosauromorpha
Superorder: Lepidosauria
Order: Squamata
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Xenodontinae
Genus: Liophis
Wagler, 1830
Species

Numerous, see text


Liophis is a genus of New World colubrid snakes. They have a wide range of nondescript and local names, among these "water snakes", "mapepires", "corals" or "racers".

[edit] Selected species

  • Liophis almadensis (Wagler, 1824)
  • Liophis amarali Wettstein, 1930
  • Liophis anomalus (Günther, 1858)
  • Liophis atraventer
  • Liophis breviceps Cope, 1861
  • Liophis carajasensis Cunha, Nascimento & Ávila-Pires, 1985
  • Liophis cobellus - (American) Mangrove Snake
  • Liophis cursor
  • Liophis epinephelus
  • Liophis exequuis
  • Liophis dilepis (Cope, 1862)
  • Liophis festae (Peracca, 1897)
  • Liophis flavifrenatus (Cope, 1862)
  • Liophis frenatus (Werner, 1909)
  • Liophis jaegeri (Günther, 1858)
  • Liophis janaleeae
  • Liophis lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Liophis maryellenae Dixon, 1985
  • Liophis melanotus
    • Liophis melanotus nesos
  • Liophis meridionalis (Schenkel, 1901)
  • Liophis miliaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Liophis mossoroensis Hoge & Lima-Verde, 1972
  • Liophis ornatus - St Lucia Racer
  • Liophis paucidens (Hoge, 1953)
  • Liophis perfuscus - Barbados Racer
  • Liophis poecilogyrus (Wied, 1824)
  • Liophis portoricensis
  • Liophis reginae - High Woods Coral
    • Liophis reginae zweifeli
  • Liophis taeniogaster Jan, 1863
  • Liophis typhlus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Liophis viridis Günther, 1862
  • Liophis vitti