Biology:Apostolepis
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Short description: Genus of snakes
| Apostolepis | |
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| Apostolepis assimilis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
| Genus: | Apostolepis Cope, 1862 |
| Type species | |
| Elapomorphus flavo-torquatus A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron, and A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
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| Species | |
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36 species, see text. | |
Apostolepis is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae.[1] However, the familial placement differs among sources. It has also been placed in the family Colubridae, subfamily Dipsadinae[2] or Xenodontinae,[3] or in the family Xenodontidae.[4] The genus Apostolepis is endemic to South America.[4]
Species
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Apostolepis.
References
- ↑ Apostolepis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 February 2016.
- ↑ Vitt, Laurie J.; Caldwell, Janalee P. (2014). Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (4th ed.). Academic Press. pp. 622–626.
- ↑ "Apostolepis Cope, 1862". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=700285.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Wallach, Van; Williams, Kenneth L.; Boundy, Jeff (22 April 2014). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press. pp. 50. ISBN 978-1-4822-0847-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=wsySAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA50.
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Genus Apostolepis, p. 232).
- Cope ED (1862). "On Elapomorphus, Sympholis, and Coniophanes ". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1861 [13]: 524. (Apostolepis, new genus).
- Freiberg MA (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN:0-87666-912-7. (Genus Apostolepis, pp. 65, 69, 89).
Wikidata ☰ Q5085961 entry
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