Synophis

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: Dipsadidae
Subfamilia: Xenodontinae
Genus: Synophis
Species (9): S. bicolor – S. bogerti – S. calamitus – S. insulomontanus – S. lasallei – S. niceforomariae – S. plectovertebralis – S. zaheri – S. zamora

Name

• Synophis Peracca, 1896: 1

Type species: Synophis bicolor Peracca, 1896, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Peracca, M.G. 1896. Nuovo genere di colubride aglifo dell’America meridionale (In Italian). Bolletino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della R. Università di Torino 11(266): 1–2. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Pyron, R.A., Guayasimin, J.M., Peñafiel, N., Bustamente, L. & Arteaga, A. 2015. Systematics of Nothopsini (Serpentes, Dipsadidae), with a new species of Synophis from the Pacific Andean slopes of southwestern Ecuador. ZooKeys 541: 109–147. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.541.6058 Reference page. 
• Pyron, R.A., Arteaga, A., Echevarría, L.Y. & Torres-Carvajal, O. 2016. A revision and key for the tribe Diaphorolepidini (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) and checklist for the genus Synophis. Zootaxa 4171(2): 293–320. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4171.2.4. Reference page. 
• Torres-Carvajal, O., Echevarría, L., Venegas, P.J., Chávez, G. & Camper, J. 2015. Description and phylogeny of three new species of Synophis (Colubridae, Dipsadinae) from the tropical Andes in Ecuador and Peru. ZooKeys 546: 153–179. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.546.6533 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Fishing Snakes