Xylophis is a small genus of snakes in the family Pareidae. The genus contains five species, all of which are endemic to the Western Ghats in southern India.[2][3] All five species are non-venomous. They constitute the monotypic subfamily Xylophiinae. They are the only pareid snakes found in India and the only snakes in the family found outside Southeast Asia.[1]
Xylophis | |
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Xylophis mosaicus from Munnar | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Pareidae |
Subfamily: | Xylophiinae Deepak, Ruane & Gower, 2019[1] |
Genus: | Xylophis Beddome, 1878 |
Type species | |
Geophis stenorhynchus Günther, 1875 |
Species
The following five species are recognized as being valid:[2][4]
- Xylophis captaini Gower & Winkler, 2007 — Captain's wood snake, Captain's xylophis
- Xylophis deepaki Narayanan, Mohapatra, Balan, Das, & Gower, 2021 — Deepak's wood snake
- Xylophis mosaicus Deepak, Narayanan, Das, Rajkumar, Easa, Sreejith, & Gower, 2020 — Anamalai wood snake
- Xylophis perroteti (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) — Perrotet's mountain snake, striped narrow-headed snake
- Xylophis stenorhynchus (Günther, 1875) — Günther's mountain snake
References
Further reading
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