Diaphorolepis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Dipsadinae
Genus: Diaphorolepis
Jan, 1863

Diaphorolepis is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is indigenous to northwestern South America.

Species

The genus Diaphorolepis contains the following two species which are recognized as being valid.[1]

Etymology

The specific name, wagneri, is in honor of German paleontologist Johann Andreas Wagner.[2]

References

  1. ^ Genus Diaphorolepis at The Reptile Database
  2. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Diaphorolepis wagneri, p. 278).

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