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Hydrodynastes

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Kingdom
  
Suborder
  
Serpentes

Subfamily
  
Xenodontinae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

Subphylum
  
Vertebrata

Family
  
Scientific name
  
Hydrodynastes

Higher classification
  
Xenodontinae

Order
  
Scaled reptiles

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Similar
  
Hydrodynastes gigas, Snake, Reptile, Colubridae, Thamnodynastes

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

Contents

Hydrodynastes CalPhotos Hydrodynastes gigas False Water Cobra

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Species

Two species are recognized by ITIS.

  • Hydrodynastes bicinctus (Herrmann, 1804)
  • Hydrodynastes gigas (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
  • An additional, recently described, species is recognized by other sources.

  • Hydrodynastes melanogigas Franco, Fernandes & Bentim, 2007

  • Hydrodynastes Hydrodynastes bicinctus The Reptile Database

    Hydrodynastes Hydrodynastes Wikipedia la enciclopedia libre


    Hydrodynastes FileHydrodynastes gigas CB08JPG Wikimedia Commons

    References

    Hydrodynastes Wikipedia