Pseudoxenodontinae
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| McDowell , 1987 |
The pseudoxenodontinae are occurring in Southeast Asia, China and Taiwan subfamily smaller snakes from the family of snakes (Colubridae). The snakes sometimes colonize mountain regions. Thermophis baileyi occurs even in Tibet at altitudes of 3000 to 4000 meters.
features
The species belonging to the Pseudoxenodontinae are small to medium-sized and 40 to 120 cm long.
The diagnostic feature of the subfamily is the very deeply forked hemipenes . Each hemipenis is covered with calyces, small and unicellular structures that form a complex pattern of folds, while the middle part is bare on its part facing outwards from the body. Large papillae arranged in fringes separate the bare area from that occupied with calyces.
Genera and species
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Plagiopholis
Boulenger , 1893
- Blakeways mountain snake ( Plagiopholis blakewayi Boulenger , 1893)
- Plagiopholis delacouri Angel , 1929
- Indian collared snake ( Plagiopholis nuchalis ( Boulenger , 1893))
- Plagiopholis styani ( Boulenger , 1899)
- Plagiopholis unipostocularis Zhao , Jiang & Huang , 1978
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Pseudoxenodon Boulenger , 1890
- Pseudoxenodon bambusicola Vogt , 1922
- Pseudoxenodon baramensis Smith , 1921
- Pseudoxenodon inornatus Boie , 1827
- Pseudoxenodon karlschmidti Pope , 1928
- Bigeye mountain snake ( Pseudoxenodon macrops ( Blyth , 1855))
- Pseudoxenodon stejnegeri Barbour , 1908
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Thermophis Malnate , 1953
- Thermophis baileyi ( Wall , 1907)
- Thermophis zhaoermii Guo , Liu , Feng & He , 2008
literature
- Hussam Zaher, Felipe Gobbi Grazziotin, John E. Cadle, Robert W. Murphy, Julio Cesar de Moura-Leite, Sandro L. Bonatto: Molecular phylogeny of advanced snakes (Serpentes, Caenophidia) with an emphasis on South American Xenodontines: a revised classification and descriptions of new taxa. In: Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo). Volume 49, No. 11, São Paulo 2009, doi: 10.1590 / S0031-10492009001100001 ( PDF ).
Individual evidence
Web links
Commons : Pseudoxenodontidae - collection of images, videos and audio files
