Apostolepis

Apostolepis is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae.[1] However, the familial placement differs among sources. It has also been placed in the family Colubridae, subfamily Dipsadinae[2] or Xenodontinae,[3] or in the family Xenodontidae.[4] The genus Apostolepis is endemic to South America.[4]

Apostolepis
Apostolepis assimilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Dipsadinae
Genus: Apostolepis
Cope, 1862
Type species
Elapomorphus flavo-torquatus
Species

38 species, see text.

Species
  • Apostolepis adhara França, Barbo, Silva-Júnior, Silva & Zaher, 2018
  • Apostolepis albicollaris de Lema, 2002
  • Apostolepis ambiniger (W. Peters, 1869)
  • Apostolepis ammodites Ferrarezzi, Barbo & España Albuquerque, 2005
  • Apostolepis arenaria Rodrigues, 1993
  • Apostolepis assimilis (Reinhardt, 1861)
  • Apostolepis borellii Peracca, 1904
  • Apostolepis breviceps Harvey, Gonzáles & Scrocchi, 2001
  • Apostolepis cearensis Gomes, 1915
  • Apostolepis cerradoensis de Lema, 2003
  • Apostolepis christineae de Lema, 2002
  • Apostolepis dimidiata (Jan, 1862)
  • Apostolepis dorbignyi (Schlegel, 1837)
  • Apostolepis flavotorquata (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
  • Apostolepis gaboi Rodrigues, 1993
  • Apostolepis goiasensis Prado, 1942
  • Apostolepis intermedia Koslowsky, 1898
  • Apostolepis kikoi Santos, Entiauspe-Neto, Araujo, Souza, Lema, Strussmann & Albuquerque, 2018
  • Apostolepis lineata Cope, 1887
  • Apostolepis longicaudata Gomes, 1921
  • Apostolepis multicincta Harvey, 1999
  • Apostolepis nelsonjorgei de Lema & Renner, 2004
  • Apostolepis niceforoi Amaral, 1935
  • Apostolepis nigrolineata (W. Peters, 1869)
  • Apostolepis nigroterminata Boulenger, 1896
  • Apostolepis phillipsae Harvey, 1999
  • Apostolepis polylepis Amaral, 1921
  • Apostolepis pymi Boulenger, 1903
  • Apostolepis quirogai Giraudo & Scrocchi, 1998
  • Apostolepis sanctaeritae Werner, 1924
  • Apostolepis serrana de Lema & Renner, 2006
  • Apostolepis striata de Lema, 2004
  • Apostolepis tenuis Ruthven, 1927
  • Apostolepis tertulianobeui de Lema, 2004
  • Apostolepis thalesdelemai Borges-Nojosa, Lima, Bezerra & Harris, 2017
  • Apostolepis underwoodi de Lema & P. Campbell, 2017
  • Apostolepis vittata (Cope, 1887)

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Apostolepis.

References
  1. Apostolepis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 February 2016.
  2. Vitt, Laurie J.; Caldwell, Janalee P. (2014). Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (4th ed.). Academic Press. pp. 622–626.
  3. "Apostolepis Cope, 1862". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  4. Wallach, Van; Williams, Kenneth L.; Boundy, Jeff (22 April 2014). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-4822-0847-4.

Further reading
  • Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Genus Apostolepis, p. 232).
  • Cope ED (1862). "On Elapomorphus, Sympholis, and Coniophanes ". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1861 [13]: 524. (Apostolepis, new genus).
  • Freiberg MA (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Genus Apostolepis, pp. 65, 69, 89).
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