Phimophis

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Dipsadidae
Subfamilia: Dipsadinae
Genus: Phimophis
Species (3): P. guerini – P. guianensis – P. vittatus
Name

Phimophis Cope, 1860: 79 [replacement name]

Type species: Rhinosimus guerini Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854, by original designation and monotypy.
Synonyms

Rhinosimus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 991 [preoccupied by Rhinosimus Latreille, 1805]

Type species: Rhinosimus guerini Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854, by monotypy.
References
Primary references

Duméril, A.M.C., Bibron, G. & Duméril, A.H.M. 1854. Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome septième. Deuxième partie, comprenant l'histoire des serpents venimeux. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret: Paris. i–xii + 781–1536. BHL
Cope, E.D. 1860. Catalogue of Colubridae in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. I. Calamarinae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 74–79. BHL Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Phimophis . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 June 2018.

Vernacular names
English: Pampas Snakes

Phimophis is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae. The genus is endemic to South America.

Species

Three species are currently recognized.[1]

Phimophis guerini (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
Phimophis guianensis (Troschel, 1848)
Phimophis vittatus (Boulenger, 1896)

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

The specific name, guerini, is in honor of French entomologist Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville.[2]
References

Genus Phimophis at The Reptile Database.

Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Phimophis guerini, p. 111).