Phalotris

Phalotris is a genus of snakes of the subfamily Dipsadinae.

Phalotris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Dipsadinae
Genus: Phalotris
Cope, 1862

Geographic range

All species of the genus Phalotris are found in South America.[1]

Species

The following 15 species are recognized as being valid.[1]

  • Phalotris cerradensis Silveira, 2020
  • Phalotris concolor Ferrarezzi, 1993
  • Phalotris cuyanus (Cei, 1984)
  • Phalotris labiomaculatus de Lema, 2002
  • Phalotris lativittatus Ferrarezzi, 1993
  • Phalotris lemniscatus (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
  • Phalotris matogrossensis de Lema, D'Agostini & Cappellari, 2005
  • Phalotris mertensi (Hoge, 1955)
  • Phalotris multipunctatus Puorto & Ferrarezzi, 1993
  • Phalotris nasutus (Gomes, 1915)
  • Phalotris nigrilatus Ferrarezzi, 1993
  • Phalotris normanscotti Cabral & Cacciali, 2015
  • Phalotris reticulatus (W. Peters, 1860)
  • Phalotris sansebastiani Jansen & G. Köhler, 2008
  • Phalotris tricolor (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)

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

Etymology

The specific name, mertensi, is in honor of German herpetologist Robert Mertens.[2]

The specific name, normanscotti, is in honor of Norman Scott, Jr., in recognition of his contribution to the knowledge of the herpetofauna of Paraguay.[3]

References
  1. Genus Phalotris at The Reptile Database.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Phalotris mertensi, p. 176).
  3. "Phalotris normanscotti ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading
  • Cope ED (1862). "Observations upon certain Cyprinoid fish in Pennsylvania; on Elapomorphus, Sympholis, and Coniophanes ". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 13: 522-524. (Phalotris, new genus, p. 524).
  • Cacciali, P., Mee, G., Plettenberg Laing, A., Krause, D., Mclaughlin, C., Montgomery, R. and Smith, P. (2020). "Morphological Re-Examination of the Endemic Paraguayan Snake Phalotris nigrilatus Ferrarezzi, 1993 (Serpentes: Colubridae: Elapomorphini), with Notes on Its Ecology and Conservation Status." Current Herpetology, 39(1), 28-37. www.herpco.com
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