Gyiophis

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata
Cladus: Toxicofera
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Homalopsoidea

Familia: Homalopsidae
Genus: Gyiophis
Species (3): G. maculosa – G. salweenensis – G. vorisi
Name

Gyiophis Murphy & Voris, 2014: 21

Type species: Hypsirhina maculosa Blanford, 1881, by original designation.
References
Primary references

Murphy, J.C. & Voris, H.K. 2014. A Checklist and Key to the Homalopsid Snakes (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes), with the Description of New Genera. Fieldiana: Life and Earth Sciences 8: 1–43. Reference page.

Additional references

Murphy, J.C. 2007. A review of Enhydris maculosa (Blanford, 1879) and the description of a related species (Serpentes, Homalopsidae). Hamadryad 31(2): 281–287. Reference page.
Quah, E.S.H., Grismer, L.L., Wood Jr., P.L., Thura, M.K., Zin, T., Kyaw, H., Lwin, N., Grismer, M.S. & Murdoch, M.L. 2017. A new species of Mud Snake (Serpentes, Homalopsidae, Gyiophis Murphy & Voris, 2014) from Myanmar with a first molecular phylogenetic assessment of the genus. Zootaxa 4238(4): 571–582. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4238.4.5. Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Gyiophis . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 November 2018.

Gyiophis is a genus of snakes in the family Homalopsidae.[2] The genus is endemic to Myanmar.
Etymology

The genus Gyiophis was named in honor of the Burmese herpetologist Ko Ko Gyi.[1]
Species

As of 2017, three described species have been classified in the genus Gyiophis.[2]

Gyiophis maculosus (Blanford, 1879)[3][4] – Blanford's mud snake
Gyiophis salweenensis Quah et al., 2017[5] – Salween river basin mud snake
Gyiophis vorisi (Murphy, 2007)[6] – Voris' mud snake

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

All three species in the genus Gyiophis are found in Myanmar. Two species, G. maculosa and G. vorisi, live in the Irrawaddy Delta, whereas G. salweenensis lives in the Salween River basin.[5]
References

Murphy, John C.; Voris, Harold K. (2014). "A Checklist and Key to the Homalopsid Snakes (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes), with the Description of New Genera". Fieldiana: Life and Earth Sciences. 8: 21–22. doi:10.3158/2158-5520-14.8.1. S2CID 84404949.
Genus Gyiophis at The Reptile Database.
Blanford WT (1879). "Notes on Reptilia". The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 48 (3): 130–131.
Blanford WT (1881). "On a Collection of Reptiles and Frogs chiefly from Singapore". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1881 (1): 226. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1881.tb01281.x.
Quah, Evan S. H.; Grismer, L. Lee [in French]; Wood, Jr., Perry L.; Thura, Myint Kyaw; Zin, Thaw; Kyaw, Htet; Lwin, Ngwe; Grismer, Marta S.; Murdoch, Matthew L. (2017). "A new species of Mud Snake (Serpentes, Homalopsidae, Gyiophis Murphy & Voris, 2014) from Myanmar with a first molecular phylogenetic assessment of the genus". Zootaxa. 4238 (4): 571–582. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4238.4.5. PMID 28603251. S2CID 207741464.
Murphy, John C. (2007). "A review of Enhydris maculosa (Blanford, 1879) and the description of a related species (Serpentes, Homalopsidae)". Hamadryad. 31: 281–287.