Spilotes is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to the New World.
| Spilotes | |
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| Spilotes pullatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Colubrinae |
| Genus: | Spilotes Wagler, 1830 |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cerastes, Coluber, Dipsas, Herpetodryas, Natrix, Paraphrynonax, Phrynonax, Pseustes | |
Geographic range
editSpecies in the genus Spilotes are found in Mexico, Central America, and South America.[1]
Species
editTwo species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Spilotes pullatus (Linnaeus, 1758) - chicken snake, tropical chicken snake, yellow rat snake
- Spilotes sulphureus (Wagler, 1824) - yellow-bellied hissing snake, Amazon puffing snake
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Spilotes.
References
edit- ^ a b c Genus Spilotes at The Reptile Database.
Further reading
edit- Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I-XX. (Genus Spilotes, p. 23).
- Wagler J (1830). Natürliches System der AMPHIBIEN, mit vorangehender classification der SÄUGTHIERE und VÖGEL. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. Munich, Stuttgart and Tübingen: J.G. Cotta. vi + 354 pp. + one plate. (Spilotes, new genus, p. 179). (in German and Latin).
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