Hydrodynastes

Hydrodynastes
Hydrodynastes gigas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Xenodontinae
Genus: Hydrodynastes
Fitzinger, 1843[1]

Hydrodynastes is a small genus of large colubrid snakes in the subfamily Xenodontinae.[1] The genus is endemic to South America.[2]

Species

Two species are recognized by ITIS.[1]

An additional, recently described, species is recognized by other sources.[3][4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
  2. Freiberg, M. 1982. Snakes of South America T.F.H. Publications. Hong Kong. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Hydrodynastes, pp. 78-79, 99, 132-133 + photographs on pp. 5, 47, 50.)
  3. Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de.
  4. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

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