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Plagiopholis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subphylum
  
Vertebrata

Order
  
Squamata

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Class
  
Reptilia

Suborder
  
Serpentes

Similar
  
Pseudoxenodontidae, Etheridgeum, Pseudoxenodon, Trachischium

1 plagiopholis styani


Plagiopholis is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae.

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Geographic range

The species of this genus are found in Southeast Asia, China and Taiwan.

List of species

  • Plagiopholis blakewayi Boulenger, 1893
  • Plagiopholis delacouri Angel, 1929
  • Plagiopholis nuchalis (Boulenger, 1893)
  • Plagiopholis styani (Boulenger, 1899)
  • Plagiopholis unipostocularis Zhao, Jiang & Huang, 1978

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

    Original publication

  • Boulenger GA. 1893. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Plagiopholis, new genus, p. 301).([1]).

    • References

    Plagiopholis Wikipedia
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