Biology:Argyrophis

Short description: Genus of snakes

Argyrophis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Typhlopidae
Genus:	Argyrophis Gray, 1845

Argyrophis is a genus of snakes in the family Typhlopidae.

Distribution

The 12 species of the genus Argyrophis are found throughout Asia.

Species

The following species are recognized as being valid.

• Argyrophis bothriorhynchus (Günther, 1864)
• Argyrophis diardii (Schlegel, 1839)
• Argyrophis fuscus (A.H.A. Duméril, 1851)
• Argyrophis giadinhensis (Bourret, 1937)
• Argyrophis hypsobothrius (F. Werner, 1917)
• Argyrophis klemmeri (Taylor, 1962)
• Argyrophis koshunensis (Ōshima, 1916)
• Argyrophis muelleri (Schlegel, 1839)
• Argyrophis oatesii (Boulenger, 1890)
• Argyrophis roxaneae (Wallach, 2001)
• Argyrophis siamensis (Günther, 1864)
• Argyrophis trangensis (Taylor, 1962)

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Argyrophis.

Further reading

• Gray JE (1845). Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxviii + 289 pp. (Argyrophis, new genus, p. 136).
• Pyron RA, Wallach V (2014). "Systematics of the blindsnakes (Serpentes: Scolecophidia: Typhlopoidea) based on molecular and morphological evidence". Zootaxa 3829: 1-81. (Genus Argyrophis, p. 53).

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