Biology:Stenophis
| Stenophis | |
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| Stenophis variablis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Lamprophiidae |
| Subfamily: | Lamprophiinae |
| Genus: | Stenophis Boulenger, 1896 |
Stenophis is a genus of Madagascar arboreal snakes, part of the family Lamprophiidae. Species of Stenophis typically have large heads relative to their body size, and their bodies are elongated and often thin.[1] The genus includes both viviparous and oviparous species.[2] They usually have prolate pupils.
Taxonomy
Stenophis was previously considered to be part of the genus Lycodryas until the mid-1990s.[1]
A phylogenetic analysis in 2008 found that the genus is polyphyletic,[3] and a 2010 study proposed three monophyletic genera of the snakes currently in Stenophis and Lycodryas: Lycodryas (with Stenophis as a junior synonym), Phisalixella, and Parastenophis.[4]
Species
Known species of Stenophis include:[1]
- Stenophis arctifasciatus (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
= Phisalixella arctifasciata (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) - Stenophis betsileanus (Günther, 1880) = Parastenophis betsileanus (Günther, 1880)
- Stenophis carleti Domergue, 1995 = Lycodryas carleti (Domergue, 1995)
- Stenophis citrinus Domergue, 1995 = Lycodryas citrinus (Domergue, 1995)
- Stenophis gaimardi (Schlegel, 1837) = Lycodryas gaimardi (Schlegel, 1837)
- Stenophis granuliceps (Boettger, 1877) = Lycodryas granuliceps (Boettger, 1877)
- Stenophis guentheri Boulenger, 1896 = Lycodryas guentheri (Boulenger, 1896)
- Stenophis iarakaensis Domergue, 1995 = Phisalixella iarakaensis (Domergue, 1995)
- Stenophis inopinae Domergue, 1995 = Lycodryas inopinae (Domergue, 1995)
- Stenophis inornatus Boulenger, 1896 = Lycodryas inornatus (Boulenger, 1896)
- Stenophis jaosoloa Domergue, 1995 = (is a junior synonym of ) Phisalixella arctifasciata (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
- Stenophis pseudogranuliceps Domergue, 1995 = Lycodryas pseudogranuliceps (Domergue, 1995)
- Stenophis tulearensis Domergue, 1995 = Phisalixella tulearensis (Domergue, 1995)
- Stenophis variabilis Boulenger, 1896 = Phisalixella variabilis (Boulenger, 1896)
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a different genus.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Vences, Miguel; Glaw, Frank; Mercurio, Vincenzo; Andreone, Franco (2004). "Review of the Malagasy tree snakes of the genus Stenophis (Colubridae)". Salamandra, Rheinbach 40 (2): 161-179.
- ↑ Vitt, Laurie J.; Caldwell, Janalee P. (2009). Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (3 ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Academic Press. p. 526. ISBN 978-0-12-374346-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=qdpxsIPm8kkC&pg=PA526.
- ↑ Vidal, Nicolas; Branch, William R.; Pauwels, Olivier S.G.; Hedges, S. Blair; Broadley, Donald G.; Wink, Michael; Cruaud, Corinne; Joger, Ulrich et al. (2008). "Dissecting the major African snake radiation: a molecular phylogeny of the Lamprophiidae Fitzinger (Serpentes, Caenophidia)". Zootaxa 1945: 51–66. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1945.1.3. ISSN 1175-5334. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2008/zt01945.html.
- ↑ "Systematics of the snake genera Stenophis and Lycodryas from Madagascar and the Comoros". Zoologica Scripta 39 (5): 426–435. 2010. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00435.x.
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. (Stenophis, new genus, pp. 39–40 + Plate IV).
Wikidata ☰ Q5121397 entry
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