Rhabdops | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Subfamily: | Natricinae |
Genus: | Rhabdops Boulenger, 1893 |
Species | |
Two species; see text. |
Rhabdops is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae.[1] The genus is endemic to the Western Ghats of India.
The genus Rhabdops contains two recognized valid species:[2]
The species R. bicolor was removed from Rhabdops in 2019, and placed in the newly erected genus Smithophis.[3]
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Rhabdops.