Spilotes | |
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Spilotes pullatus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Subfamily: | Colubrinae |
Genus: | Spilotes Wagler, 1830 |
Synonyms[1] | |
Cerastes, Coluber, Dipsas, Herpetodryas, Natrix, Paraphrynonax, Phrynonax, Pseustes |
Spilotes is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to the New World.
Species in the genus Spilotes are found in Mexico, Central America, and South America.[1]
Two 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 Spilotes.