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Appearance
| Homalophis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Homalopsidae |
| Genus: | Homalophis W. Peters, 1871 |
Homalophis is a genus of snakes in the family Homalopsidae. The genus is endemic to Southeast Asia.[1]
Species
[edit]The following two species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Homalophis doriae W. Peters, 1871
- Homalophis gyii (Murphy, Voris & Auliya, 2005)
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Homalophis.
References
[edit]- 1 2 Genus Homalophis at The Reptile Database.
Further reading
[edit]- Peters W (1871). "Über neuen Reptilien aus Ostafrica und Sarawak (Borneo), vorzüglich aus der Sammlung des Hrn. Marquis J. Doria zu Genua". Monatsberichte der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1871: 566–581. (Homalophis, new subgenus, p. 577; H. doriae, new species, p. 577). (in German).