| Spilotes | |
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| Spilotes pullatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Colubrinae |
| Genus: | Spilotes Wagler, 1830 |
| Synonyms [1] | |
Cerastes, Coluber, Dipsas, Herpetodryas, Natrix, Paraphrynonax, Phrynonax, Pseustes Contents | |
Spilotes is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to the New World.
Species in the genus Spilotes are found in Mexico, Central America, and South America. [1]
Two species are recognized as being valid. [1]
Nota bene : A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Spilotes.
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