Hypsiscopus

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: Hypsiscopus
Species (4): H. indonesiensis – H. matannensis – H. murphyi – H. plumbea
Name

Hypsiscopus Fitzinger, 1843: 25

Type species: Homalopsis plumbea Boie, 1827, by original designation.

References
Primary references

Fitzinger, L. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus primus. Amblyglossae. Braumüller et Seidel: Wien. vi + 106 pp. BHL Reference page.

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.
Bernstein, J.M., Voris, H.K., Stuart, B.L., Phimmachak, S., Seateun, S., Sivongxay, N., Neang, T., Karns, D.R., Andrews, H.L., Osterhage, J., Phipps, E.A. & Ruane, S. 2022. Undescribed Diversity in a Widespread, Common Group of Asian Mud Snakes (Serpentes: Homalopsidae: Hypsiscopus). Ichthyology & Herpetology 110(3): 561–574. DOI: 10.1643/h2022015 Paywall Reference page.
Hamidy, A., Zakky, Q., Fitriyana, N. & Endarwin, W. 2023. A new species of water snake genus Hypsiscopus (Serpentes: Homalopsidae) from Sulawesi, Indonesia. Treubia 50(1): 21–38. DOI: 10.14203/treubia.v50i1.4511 Open access Reference page.

Links

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

Hypsiscopus is a genus of snakes of the family Homalopsidae.[1] The name comes from the Greek words Hypsi, meaning high or lofty, and scopus, meaning view, and refers to the location of the eyes, which are set high on the heads of these snakes.[2][3]
Species

There are three recognized species:[1][4]

Hypsiscopus matannensis (Boulenger, 1897)
Hypsiscopus plumbea (Boie, 1827)
Hypsiscopus murphyi (Bernstein et al., 2022)

References

Hypsiscopus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 May 2021..
"Snakes of Taiwan: Hypsiscopus plumbea - Plumbeous Water Snake". www.snakesoftaiwan.com. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
"Is a Rice Paddy Snake the Right Pet Snake for You?". RightPet. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
Justin M. Bernstein; Harold K. Voris; Bryan L. Stuart; Somphouthone Phimmachak; Sengvilay Seateun; Niane Sivongxay; Thy Neang; Daryl R. Karns; Heather L. Andrews; Jennifer Osterhage; Elizabeth A. Phipps; Sara Ruane (2022). "Undescribed Diversity in a Widespread, Common Group of Asian Mud Snakes (Serpentes: Homalopsidae: Hypsiscopus)". Ichthyology & Herpetology. 110 (3): 561–574. doi:10.1643/h2022015. S2CID 252929176.