Hydrodynastes
| Hydrodynastes | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Hydrodynastes gigas | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Xenodontinae |
| Genus: | Hydrodynastes Fitzinger, 1843[1] |
Hydrodynastes is a small genus of large colubrid snakes in the subfamily Xenodontinae.[1] The genus is endemic to South America.[2]
Species
Two species are recognized by ITIS.[1]
- Hydrodynastes bicinctus (Herrmann, 1804)
- Hydrodynastes gigas (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
An additional, recently described, species is recognized by other sources.[3][4]
- Hydrodynastes melanogigas Franco, Fernandes & Bentim, 2007
References
- 1 2 3 ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
- ↑ Freiberg, M. 1982. Snakes of South America T.F.H. Publications. Hong Kong. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Hydrodynastes, pp. 78-79, 99, 132-133 + photographs on pp. 5, 47, 50.)
- ↑ Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de.
- ↑ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- Fitzinger, L. 1843. Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Braumüller & Seidel. Vienna. 106 pp. + indices. (Genus Hydrodynastes, p. 25.)
- Franco, F.L.; D.S. Fernandes; and B.M. Bentim. 2007. A new species of Hydrodynastes Fitzinger, 1843 from central Brazil (Serpentes: Colubridae: Xenodontidae). Zootaxa 1613: 57-65. (Hydrodynastes melanogigas)
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