Pseustes

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: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Pseustes
Species: P. cinnamomeus – P. poecilonotus – P. sexcarinatus – P. shropshirei – P. sulphureus
Name

Pseustes Fitzinger, 1843

Type species: Dipsas dieperinkii Schlegel
References

Fitzinger, 1843: Syst. Rept., 27.
Pseustes at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 nov 2008.

Vernacular names
English: Puffing Snakes

Pseustes was a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae.

Taxonomy

Jadin et al. (2013) reassigned all species of Pseustes to the genera Phrynonax and Spilotes.[1][2]
Species

Pseustes cinnamomeus (Wagler, 1824) = Phrynonax sexcarinatus (Wagler, 1824)
Pseustes poecilonotus (Günther, 1858) = Phrynonax poecilonotus (Günther, 1858)
Pseustes sexcarinatus (Wagler, 1824) = Phrynonax sexcarinatus (Wagler, 1824)
Pseustes shropshirei (Barbour & Amaral, 1924) = Phrynonax shropshirei (Barbour & Amaral, 1924)
Pseustes sulphureus (Wagler, 1824) = Spilotes sulphureus (Wagler, 1824)

References

Genus Phrynonax at The Reptile Database.

Genus Spilotes at The Reptile Database.