Spalerosophis

Spalerosophis is a small genus of snakes in the family Colubridae.

Spalerosophis
Spalerosophis diadema cliffordi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Colubrinae
Genus: Spalerosophis
Jan, 1865
Species

Six recognized species, see article.

Geographic range

Member species are found in a wide range throughout Southern Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa.

Species

The following species six species are recognized as being valid.[1]

References

  1. Genus Spalerosophis at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Spalerosophis josephscorteccii, p. 240).

Further reading

  • Jan G (1865). "Prime linee d'una fauna della Persia occidentale ". pp. 342–357. In: De Filippi F (1865). Note di un viaggio in Persia. Milan: G. Daelli. 369 pp. (Spalerosophis, new genus, p. 356). (in Italian).


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