Platyceps

Platyceps
Platyceps najadum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Colubrinae
Genus: Platyceps
Blyth, 1860

Platyceps is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae endemic to Eurasia.

Taxonomy

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The genus was erected in 1860 by Edward Blyth, allying species previously described.

The genus name Platyceps was inadvertently used for a fossil species in 1877, now recognised as Platycepsion wilkinsoni.[1]

Species

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The following 30 species are recognized as being valid.[2]

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

References

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  1. ^ Warren, Anne; Marsicano, Claudia (17 April 2000). "Banksiops, a replacement name for Banksia townrowi (Amphibia, Temnospondyli)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 20 (1): 186. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0186:BARNFB]2.0.CO;2.
  2. ^ Genus Platyceps at The Reptile Database

Further reading

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  • Blyth E (1860). "Report of Curator, Zoological Department". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 29 (1): 87–115. (Platyceps, new genus, p. 114).