Xylophis

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: Pareidae
Subfamilia: Xylophiinae
Genus: Xylophis
Species (5): X. captaini – X. deepaki – X. mosaicus – X. perroteti – X. stenorhynchus

Name

Xylophis Beddome, 1878: 576.

Type species: Xylophis indicus Beddome, 1878, by monotypy.

Synonyms

Platypteryx Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 500 [preoccupied by Platypteryx Laspeyres, 1803].
- Type species: Platypteryx perroteti Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854, by monotypy.
Rhabdosoma (part) Günther, 1858: 10.
Geophis (part) Günther, 1864: 200.

References

Primary references

Beddome, R.H. 1878. Descriptions of a new genus of snakes of the Family Calamaridae, from southern India. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 46(1): 576. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Boundy, J. 2021. Snakes of the World: A Supplement. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 273 pp. ISBN 9781138618138 ebook Reference page.
Deepak, V., Ruane, S. & Gower, D.J. 2018. A new subfamily of fossorial colubroid snakes from the Western Ghats of peninsular India. Journal of Natural History 52(45-46): 2919–2934. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2018.1557756 . ResearchGate . Reference page.
Deepak, V., Narayanan, S., Das, S., Rajkumar, K.P., Easa, P.S., Sreejith, K.A. & Gower, D.J. 2020. Description of a new species of Xylophis Beddome, 1878 (Serpentes: Pareidae Xylophiinae) from the Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa 4755(2): 231–250. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4755.2.2 Reference page.
Duméril, A.M.C., Bibron, G. & Duméril, A.H.A. 1854. Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome septième. Premiére partie, comprenant l'histoire des serpents venimeux. Librarie encyclopédique de Roret: Paris, France. i-xvi + 1–780 pp. BHL Reference page.
Gower, D.J. & Winkler, J.D. 2007. Taxonomy of The Indian snake Xylophis Beddome (Serpentes: Caenophidia), with description of a new species. Hamadryad 31(2): 315–329. PDF Reference page.
Günther, A. 1858. Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History): London. xvi + 281 pp. BHL Reference page.
Günther, A.C.L.G. 1864. The Reptiles of British India. Ray Society: London. xxvii + 452 pp. BHL Reference page.
Narayanan, S., Mohapatra, P.P., Balan, A., Das, S. & Gower, D.J. 2021. A new species of Xylophis Beddome, 1878 (Serpentes: Pareidae) from the southern Western Ghats of India. Vertebrate Zoology 71: 219–230. DOI: 10.3897/vz.71.e63986 Reference page.
Wallach, V., Williams, K.L. & Boundy, J. 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 1237 pp. ISBN 9781138034006 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Xylophis . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 October 2019.
Xylophis – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG).
Xylophis – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

English: Mountain Snakes