Liodytes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Natricinae
Genus: Liodytes
Species (3): L. alleni – L. pygaea – L. rigida

Name

Liodytes Cope, 1885: 194

• Type species: Helicops alleni Garman, 1874, by original designation.

Synonyms

• Seminatrix Cope, 1895: 678 [synonymised by McVay & Carstens (2013: 430)]
  • Type species: Contia pygaea Cope, 1871, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• McVay, J.D. & Carstens, B. 2013. Testing monophyly without well-supported gene trees: Evidence from multi-locus nuclear data conflicts with existing taxonomy in the snake tribe Thamnophiini. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 68(3): 425–431. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.04.028 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Liodytes . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 May 2019.