Emmochliophis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Dipsadinae
Genus: Emmochliophis
Fritts & H.M. Smith, 1969

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

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. Genus Emmochliophis at The Reptile Database
  2. Buehler, Jake (6 March 2021). "Shadow snake rediscovered in Ecuador's rainforest". New Scientist. Vol. 249, no. 3324. p. 17.
  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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