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Apostolepis

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Apostolepis

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

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassSquamata
  4. FamilyColubridae
Observations recorded1,448

Apostolepis — rodzaj węży z rodziny połozowatych. Gatunki Do rodzaju należą następujące gatunki[2]: Apostolepis adhara França et al., 2018[3] Apostolepis albicollaris de Lema, 2002 Apostolepis ambiniger (Peters, 1869) Apostolepis ammodites Ferrarezzi, Erritto Barbo & España Albuquerque, 2005 Apostolepis arenaria Rodrigues, 1993 Apostolepis assimilis (Reinhardt, 1861) Apostolepis borellii Peracca, 1904 Apostolepis breviceps Harvey, Gonzales & 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 (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) Apostolepis gaboi Rodrigues, 1993 Apostolepis goiasensis Prado, 1942 Apostolepis intermedia Koslowsky, 1898 Apostolepis kikoi Santos et al., 2018[4] Apostolepis lineata Cope, 1887 Apostolepis longicaudata Gomes, 1921 Apostolepis mariae Borges-Nojosa, Lima, Bezerra & James, 2016 Apostolepis multicincta Harvey, 1999 Apostolepis nelsonjorgei de Lema & Renner, 2004 Apostolepis niceforoi Amaral, 1935 Apostolepis nigrolineata (Peters, 1869) Apostolepis nigroterminata Boulenger

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
25
With media
7
Family
Colubridae
Collections
YPM, UTA, AMNH, MUSEU NACIONAL/UFRJ, MPEG, ZMUC
Recorded in
Brazil, Bolivia, Brasil, Paraguay
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Dipsadinae
Image
Apostolepis assimilis (10.3897-zoologia.35.e26742) Figure 9.jpg
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Apostolepis
taxon rank
genus
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Category:Apostolepis
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Apostolepis
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Encyclopedic overview

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

==Species==

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