Xylophis

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: Pareidae
Subfamilia: Xylophiinae
Genus: Xylophis
Species (5): X. captaini – X. deepaki – X. mosaicus – X. perroteti – X. stenorhynchus
Name

Xylophis Beddome, 1878: 576.

Type species: Xylophis indicus Beddome, 1878, by monotypy.

Synonyms

Platypteryx Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 500 [preoccupied by Platypteryx Laspeyres, 1803].
Type species: Platypteryx perroteti Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854, by monotypy.
Rhabdosoma (part) Günther, 1858: 10.
Geophis (part) Günther, 1864: 200.

References
Primary references

Beddome, R.H. 1878. Descriptions of a new genus of snakes of the Family Calamaridae, from southern India. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 46(1): 576. BHL Open access Reference page.

Additional references

Boundy, J. 2021. Snakes of the World: A Supplement. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 273 pp. ISBN 9781138618138 ebook Paywall Reference page.
Deepak, V., Ruane, S. & Gower, D.J. 2018. A new subfamily of fossorial colubroid snakes from the Western Ghats of peninsular India. Journal of Natural History 52(45-46): 2919–2934. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2018.1557756 Paywall. ResearchGate Open access. Reference page.
Deepak, V., Narayanan, S., Das, S., Rajkumar, K.P., Easa, P.S., Sreejith, K.A. & Gower, D.J. 2020. Description of a new species of Xylophis Beddome, 1878 (Serpentes: Pareidae Xylophiinae) from the Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa 4755(2): 231–250. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4755.2.2 Paywall Reference page.
Duméril, A.M.C., Bibron, G. & Duméril, A.H.A. 1854. Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome septième. Premiére partie, comprenant l'histoire des serpents venimeux. Librarie encyclopédique de Roret: Paris, France. i-xvi + 1–780 pp. BHL Open access Reference page.
Gower, D.J. & Winkler, J.D. 2007. Taxonomy of The Indian snake Xylophis Beddome (Serpentes: Caenophidia), with description of a new species. Hamadryad 31(2): 315–329. PDF. Open access Reference page.
Günther, A. 1858. Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History): London. xvi + 281 pp. BHL Reference page.
Günther, A.C.L.G. 1864. The Reptiles of British India. Ray Society: London. xxvii + 452 pp. BHL Reference page.
Narayanan, S., Mohapatra, P.P., Balan, A., Das, S. & Gower, D.J. 2021. A new species of Xylophis Beddome, 1878 (Serpentes: Pareidae) from the southern Western Ghats of India. Vertebrate Zoology 71: 219–230. DOI: 10.3897/vz.71.e63986 Open access Reference page.
Wallach, V., Williams, K.L. & Boundy, J. 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 1237 pp. ISBN 9781138034006 ebook Paywall Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Xylophis . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 October 2019.
Xylophis – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Non-marine Genera (IRMNG).
Xylophis – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names
English: Mountain Snakes

Xylophis is a small genus of snakes in the family Pareidae. The genus contains five species, all of which are endemic to the Western Ghats in southern India.[2][3] They constitute the monotypic subfamily Xylophiinae. They are the only pareid snakes found in India and the only snakes in the family found outside Southeast Asia.[1]
Species

The following 5 species are recognized as being valid[2][4]

Xylophis captaini Gower & Winkler, 2007 — Captain's wood snake, Captain's xylophis
Xylophis deepaki Narayanan, Mohapatra, Balan, Das, & Gower, 2021 — Deepak's wood snake
Xylophis mosaicus Deepak, Narayanan, Das, Rajkumar, Easa, Sreejith, & Gower, 2020 — Anamalai wood snake
Xylophis perroteti (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) — Perrotet's mountain snake, striped narrow-headed snake
Xylophis stenorhynchus (Günther, 1875) — Günther's mountain snake

References

Deepak, V.; Ruane, Sara & Gower, David J. (2019). "A new subfamily of fossorial colubroid snakes from the Western Ghats of peninsular India". Journal of Natural History. 52 (45–46): 2919–2934. doi:10.1080/00222933.2018.1557756. hdl:10141/622619. (Xylophiinae, new subfamily)
Xylophis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2 July 2020.
Deepak, V.; Narayanan, Surya; Das, Sandeep; Rajkumar, K.P.; Easa, P.S.; Sreejith, K.A. & Gower, David J. (2020). "Description of a new species of Xylophis Beddome, 1878 (Serpentes: Pareidae: Xylophiinae) from the Western Ghats, India". Zootaxa. 4755 (2): 231–250. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4755.2.2.

Narayanan, Surya; Mohapatra, Pratyush P.; Balan, Amirtha; Das, Sandeep; Gower, David J. (15 April 2021). "A new species of Xylophis Beddome, 1878 (Serpentes: Pareidae) from the southern Western Ghats of India". Vertebrate Zoology. 71: 219–230. doi:10.3897/vz.71.e63986. ISSN 2625-8498.