| Liodytes | |
|---|---|
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| L. pygaea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Natricinae |
| Genus: | Liodytes Cope, 1885 |
| Species | |
Liodytes is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The genus contains three species.
Geographic range
[edit]All species of the genus Liodytes are endemic to the southeastern United States.[1]
Species
[edit]The following species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Liodytes alleni (Garman, 1874) – striped crayfish snake
- Liodytes pygaea (Cope, 1871) – black swamp snake
- Liodytes rigida (Say, 1825) – crayfish snake
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Liodytes.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Genus Liodytes at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
[edit]- Cope ED (1885). "Twelfth Contribution to the Herpetology of Tropical America". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia 22: 167–194. (Liodytes, new genus, p. 194).
- Powell R, Conant R, Collins JT (2016). Peterson Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Fourth Edition. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. xiv + 494 pp., 47 plates, 207 figures. ISBN 978-0-544-12997-9. (Genus Liodytes, p. 412).