Amnesteophis

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Amnesteophis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Amnesteophis
Myers, 2011
Species:
A. melanauchen
Binomial name
Amnesteophis melanauchen
(Jan, 1863)

Amnesteophis is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae that contains the sole species Amnesteophis melanauchen. [2] It is found in Brazil. [3]

This small snake species was first referenced about 140 years ago by locals in Bahia, Brazil. It is most similar to the Taeniophallus occipitalis in size and features. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Hoogmoed, M.S. 2019. Amnesteophis melanauchen. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016:e.T15155355A15155489. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15155355/15155489. Downloaded on 01 May 2021.
  2. ↑ Amnesteophis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 23 December 2016.
  3. ↑ Amnesteophis melanauchen at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 23 December 2016.
  4. ↑ Myers, Charles (11 May 2011). "A New Genus and New Tribe for Enicognathus melanauchen Jan, 1863, a Neglected South American Snake (Colubridae: Xenodontinae), with Taxonomic Notes on Some Dipsadinae" . American Museum Novitates (3715): 1–33. doi:10.1206/3715.2. S2CID   40563886. Archived from the original on 2021-05-12. Retrieved 6 March 2020.


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