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Philodryas
Sign in to savePhilodryas is a genus of colubrid snakes endemic to South America, commonly called green snakes.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- OrderSquamata
- FamilyColubridae
Philodryas es un género de serpientes de la familia Dipsadidae propias del Nuevo Mundo, usualmente llamadas serpientes verdes. Aunque los colúbridos generalmente no son dañinos para los seres humanos, Philodryas son serpientes con dentición opistoglifa y pueden dar una mordida venenosa. Tiene 22 especies reconocidas.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 678
- With media
- 34
- Family
- Colubridae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, YPM, CUMV, CM, CAS, UNSM
- Recorded in
- Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, Guyana
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Dipsadinae
- Image
- Callirhinus patagoniensis.jpg
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- Philodryas
- taxon name
- Philodryas
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- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Philodryas
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Description
- Venom
- Species and geographic ranges
- References
- Further reading
Philodryas is a genus of colubrid snakes endemic to South America, commonly called green snakes.
==Description== Species in the genus Philodryas share the following characters:
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