Emmochliophis

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Emmochliophis

Genus of snakes

Emmochliophis is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Ecuador.

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Species

The genus Emmochliophis contains two species which are considered valid.[1]

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

References

  1. [1]
    Genus Emmochliophis at The Reptile Database
  2. [2]
    Buehler, Jake (6 March 2021). "Shadow snake rediscovered in Ecuador's rainforest". New Scientist. Vol. 249, no. 3324. p. 17.
  3. [3]
    "Pinchinda Snake". IUCN Red List. Retrieved 12 March 2021.

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1898). "An Account of the Reptiles and Batrachians collected by Mr. W. F. H. Rosenberg in Western Ecuador ". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1898: 107–126 + Plates X–XVIII. (Synophis miops, new species, p. 115 + Plate XII, figure 1).
  • Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Genus Emmochliophis, p. 98).
  • Fritts TH, Smith HM (1969). "A New Genus and Species of Snake from Western Ecuador". Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 72 (1): 60–66. (Emmocliophis, new genus; E. fugleri, new species).



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