Lygophis

Lygophis
Lygophis lineatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Dipsadinae
Genus:	Lygophis Fitzinger, 1843

Lygophis is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Panama and South America. ^[1]

Species

The genus Lygophis contains the following eight species which are recognized as being valid.

• Lygophis anomalus (Günther, 1858)
• Lygophis dilepis Cope, 1862 - Lema's ground snake, Lema’s striped snake
• Lygophis elegantissimus (Koslowsky, 1896)
• Lygophis flavifrenatus Cope, 1862 - fronted ground snake
• Lygophis lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758) - lined ground snake
• Lygophis meridionalis (Schenkel, 1902)
• Lygophis paucidens Hoge, 1953 - Hoge's ground snake
• Lygophis vanzolinii (Dixon, 1985) - Vanzolini's ground snake

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

References

1. Kaladinsky, Nathalie; De-Carvalho, Mariana; Santiago De Oliveira Meneses, Afonso; Brandão, Reuber (2019). "LYGOPHIS MERIDIONALIS". Herpetological Review. 50 (3). Universidade de Brasília: 595. ISSN   0018-084X.

Further reading

• Fitzinger L (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Lygophis, new genus, p. 26). (in Latin).
• Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN   0-87666-912-7. (Genus Lygophis, p. 103).
• Zaher H, Grazziotin PG, Cadle JE, Murphy RW, Moura-Leite JC, Bonatto SL (2009). "Molecular phylogeny of advanced snakes (Serpentes, Caenophidia) with an emphasis on South American Xenodontines: a revised classification and descriptions of new taxa". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo49 (11): 115–153. ("Lygophis Fitzinger, 1843 resurrected", p. 147). (in English, with abstracts in English and Portuguese).