Phimophis
Phimophis is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae. The genus is endemic to South America.
| Phimophis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
| Genus: | Phimophis Cope, 1860 |
Species
Three species are currently recognized.[1]
- Phimophis guerini (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) - Argentine pampas snake
- Phimophis guianensis (Troschel, 1848) - Troschel's pampas snake
- Phimophis vittatus (Boulenger, 1896) - banded pampas snake
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Phimophis.
Etymology
The specific name, guerini, is in honor of French entomologist Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville.[2]
References
- Genus Phimophis at The Reptile Database.
- 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. (Phimophis guerini, p. 111).
Further reading
- Cope ED (1860). "Catalogue of Colubridæ in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. I. Calamarinæ". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 12: 74-79. (Phimophis, new genus, p. 79).
- Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Genus Phimophis, p. 107).
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