Homalophis

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: Homalophis
Species (2): H. doriae – H. gyii
Name

Homalophis Peters, 1871: 577

Type species: Homalophis doriae Peters, 1871, by monotypy.
References
Primary references

Peters, W. 1871. Uber neue Reptilien aus Ostafrika und Sarawak (Borneo), vorzüglich aus der Sammlung des Hrn. Marquis J. Doria zu Genua. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1871: 566–581. BHL

Additional 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.

Links

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

Homalophis is a genus of snakes in the family Homalopsidae. The genus is endemic to Southeast Asia.[1]
Species

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

Homalophis doriae W. Peters, 1871
Homalophis gyii (Murphy, Voris & Auliya, 2005)

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

Genus Homalophis at The Reptile Database.