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Synophis

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Synophis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Dipsadinae
Genus: Synophis
Peracca, 1896

Synophis is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to northwestern South America.

Description

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Snakes of the genus Synophis have unusual scalation on the top of the head. The internasal scales are very small, and the prefrontal scales are fused into one large plate.[1]

Species

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The genus Synophis contains the following nine species which are recognized as being valid.[2]

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

References

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  1. ^ Peracca (1896).
  2. ^ Genus Synophis at The Reptile Database.

Further reading

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  • Peracca MG (1896). "Nuovo genere di Colubride aglifo dell'America meridionale ". Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della R[egia]. Università di Torino 11 (266): 1–2. (Synophis, new genus). (in Italian).
  • Pyron, R. Alexander; Arteaga, Alejandro; Echevarría, Lourdes Y.; Torres-Carvajal, Omar (2016). "A revision and key for the tribe Diaphorolepidini (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) and checklist for the genus Synophis ". Zootaxa 4171 (2): 293–320.