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Oxybelis
Sign in to saveOxybelis is a genus of colubrid snakes, endemic to the Americas, which are commonly known as vine snakes. Though similar in appearance to the Asian species of vine snakes of the genus Ahaetulla, they are not closely related, and are an example of convergent evolution.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyColubridae
蔓蛇屬（學名：Oxybelis）是蛇亞目游蛇科下的一個屬，亦稱藤蛇，主要分布於美國西南部、中美洲以及南美洲北部。雖然蔓蛇的外表與分布於亞洲的瘦蛇頗為相似，但二者並無直接關聯，這只是趨同演化的一個例子
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 40
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Colubridae
- Collections
- CUMV, MVZ, UF, YPM, CM, BYU
- Recorded in
- United States, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Mexico, Suriname, Peru
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Colubrinae
- Image
- Oxybelis fulgidus 4.jpg
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- Oxybelis
- taxon name
- Oxybelis
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Oxybelis
- Commons gallery
- Oxybelis
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Geographic range
- Description
- Species
- Etymology
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Oxybelis is a genus of colubrid snakes, endemic to the Americas, which are commonly known as vine snakes. Though similar in appearance to the Asian species of vine snakes of the genus Ahaetulla, they are not closely related, and are an example of convergent evolution.
==Geographic range== Species of Oxybelis are found from the southwestern United States, through Central America, to the northern countries of South America.
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