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{{Short description|Genus of snakes}}
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{{Taxobox
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| name = ''Hydrodynastes''
| image = Hydrodynastes gigas.jpg
| name = ''Hydrodynastes''
| image = Hydrodynastes gigas.jpg
| image_width = 220px
| image_caption = ''Hydrodynastes gigas''
| image_caption = ''Hydrodynastes gigas''
| taxon = Hydrodynastes
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| authority = [[Leopold Fitzinger|Fitzinger]], 1843<ref name="ITIS">"''Hydrodynates'' ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.</ref>
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| subphylum = [[Vertebrate|Vertebrata]]
| classis = [[Reptile|Reptilia]]
| ordo = [[Squamata]]
| subordo = [[Serpentes]]
| familia = [[Colubridae]]
| subfamilia = [[Xenodontinae]]
| genus = '''''Hydrodynastes'''''
| genus_authority = [[Leopold Fitzinger|Fitzinger]], 1843<ref name="ITIS">ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.</ref>
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'''''Hydrodynastes''''' is a small [[genus]] of large [[colubridae|colubrid]] snakes in the subfamily [[Xenodontinae]].<ref name="ITIS"/> The genus is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[South America]].<ref>[[:es:Marcos Abraham Freiberg|Freiberg, M.]] 1982. ''Snakes of South America'' T.F.H. Publications. Hong Kong. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (''Hydrodynastes'', pp. 78-79, 99, 132-133 + photographs on pp. 5, 47, 50.)</ref>
'''''Hydrodynastes''''' is a small [[genus]] of large [[colubridae|colubrid]] snakes in the subfamily [[Dipsadinae]].<ref name="ITIS"/> The genus is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[South America]].<ref>[[:es:Marcos Abraham Freiberg|Freiberg M]] (1982). ''Snakes of South America'' Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. {{ISBN|0-87666-912-7}}. (''Hydrodynastes'', pp. 78-79, 99, 132-133 + photographs on pp. 5, 47, 50).</ref>


==Species==
==Species==
Two [[species]] are recognized by ITIS.<ref name="ITIS"/>
Two [[species]] are recognized.


*''[[Hydrodynastes bicinctus]]'' <small>([[Johann Hermann|Herrmann]], 1804)</small>
*''[[Hydrodynastes bicinctus]]'' <small>([[Johann Hermann|Herrmann]], 1804)</small>
*''[[Hydrodynastes gigas]]'' <small>([[André Marie Constant Duméril|A.M.C. Duméril]], [[Gabriel Bibron|Bibron]] & [[Auguste Duméril|A.H.A. Duméril]], 1854)</small>
*''[[Hydrodynastes gigas]]'' <small>([[André Marie Constant Duméril|A.M.C. Duméril]], [[Gabriel Bibron|Bibron]] & [[Auguste Duméril|A.H.A. Duméril]], 1854)</small>

An additional, recently described, species is recognized by other sources.<ref>Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de.</ref><ref>The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.</ref>

*''[[Hydrodynastes melanogigas]]'' <small>Franco, Fernandes & Bentim, 2007</small>


==References==
==References==
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
*[[Leopold Fitzinger|Fitzinger, L.]] 1843. ''Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae.'' Braumüller & Seidel. Vienna. 106 pp. + indices. (Genus ''Hydrodynastes'', p. 25.)
*[[Leopold Fitzinger|Fitzinger L]] (1843). ''Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae.'' Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Genus ''Hydrodynastes'', new genus, p.&nbsp;25). (in Latin).
*Franco FL, Fernandes DS, Bentim BM (2007). "A new species of ''Hydrodynastes'' Fitzinger, 1843 from central Brazil (Serpentes: Colubridae: Xenodontidae)". ''Zootaxa'' '''1613''': 57–65. (''Hydrodynastes melanogigas'', new species).


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*Franco, F.L.; D.S. Fernandes; and B.M. Bentim. 2007. A new species of ''Hydrodynastes'' Fitzinger, 1843 from central Brazil (Serpentes: Colubridae: Xenodontidae). Zootaxa '''1613''': 57-65. (''Hydrodynastes melanogigas'')


[[Category:Colubrids]]
[[Category:Hydrodynastes]]
[[Category:Snake genera]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger]]

Latest revision as of 15:19, 10 March 2023

Hydrodynastes
Hydrodynastes gigas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Dipsadinae
Genus: Hydrodynastes
Fitzinger, 1843[1]

Hydrodynastes is a small genus of large colubrid snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae.[1] The genus is endemic to South America.[2]

Species[edit]

Two species are recognized.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Hydrodynates ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
  2. ^ Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Hydrodynastes, pp. 78-79, 99, 132-133 + photographs on pp. 5, 47, 50).

Further reading[edit]

  • Fitzinger L (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Genus Hydrodynastes, new genus, p. 25). (in Latin).
  • Franco FL, Fernandes DS, Bentim BM (2007). "A new species of Hydrodynastes Fitzinger, 1843 from central Brazil (Serpentes: Colubridae: Xenodontidae)". Zootaxa 1613: 57–65. (Hydrodynastes melanogigas, new species).