Phrynonax | |
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Phrynonax poecilonotus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Subfamily: | Colubrinae |
Genus: | Phrynonax Cope, 1862 |
Synonyms | |
Ahaetulla, Chironius, Herpetodryas, Natrix, Pseustes, Spilotes, Synchalinus, Tropidodipsas |
Phrynonax is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to the New World
Species in the genus Phrynonax are found in South America, Central America, and Mexico.[1]
Three species are recognized as being valid.[1]
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Phrynonax.
The specific name, shropshirei, is in honor of James B. Shropshire, "Chief Sanitary Inspector, U.S. Army, Canal Zone", who collected the paratype.[2][3]