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Apostolepis

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Apostolepis is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae.^[1] However, the familial placement differs among sources. It has also been placed in the family Colubridae, subfamily Dipsadinae^[2] or Xenodontinae,^[3] or in the family Xenodontidae.^[4] The genus Apostolepis is endemic to South America.^[4]

Species

Apostolepis adhara França, Barbo, Silva-Júnior, Silva & Zaher, 2018 – São Salvador burrow-snake
Apostolepis albicollaris de Lema, 2002
Apostolepis ambiniger (W. Peters, 1869) – Paraguayan blackhead
Apostolepis arenaria Rodrigues, 1993 – sand dunes blackhead
Apostolepis assimilis (Reinhardt, 1861) – Reinhardt's burrowing snake
Apostolepis borellii Peracca, 1904
Apostolepis breviceps Harvey, Gonzáles & Scrocchi, 2001 – Chacoan blackhead
Apostolepis cearensis Gomes, 1915 – Caatinga blackhead, Gomes's burrowing snake
Apostolepis christineae de Lema, 2002
Apostolepis dimidiata (Jan, 1862) – common bilineate blackhead
Apostolepis dorbignyi (Schlegel, 1837) – Dorbigny's blackhead, Bolivian burrowing snake
Apostolepis flavotorquata (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – Cerrado blackhead, central burrowing snake
Apostolepis gaboi Rodrigues, 1993 – sand dunes blackhead
Apostolepis goiasensis Prado, 1942 – Prado’s blackhead, Goias burrowing snake
Apostolepis intermedia Koslowsky, 1898 – Koslowsky's blackhead, Mato Grosso burrowing snake
Apostolepis kikoi Santos, Entiauspe-Neto, Araujo, Souza, Lema, Strussmann & N. Albuquerque, 2018
Apostolepis lineata Cope, 1887 – hognose lineate blackhead
Apostolepis longicaudata Gomes, 1921 – Piauí blackhead, longhead burrowing snake
Apostolepis multicincta Harvey, 1999 – Harvey's blackhead
Apostolepis nelsonjorgei de Lema & Renner, 2004
Apostolepis niceforoi Amaral, 1935 – Colombian blackhead, Amazon burrowing snake
Apostolepis nigrolineata (W. Peters, 1869) – Pará blackhead
Apostolepis nigroterminata Boulenger, 1896 – Peru blackhead, Peru burrowing snake
Apostolepis phillipsae Harvey, 1999 – Phillips's blackhead
Apostolepis polylepis Amaral, 1921 – hawbeack blackhead
Apostolepis pymi Boulenger, 1903
Apostolepis quirogai Giraudo & Scrocchi, 1998 – Misiones blackhead
Apostolepis sanctaeritae F. Werner, 1924
Apostolepis serrana de Lema & Renner, 2006
Apostolepis striata de Lema, 2004
Apostolepis tenuis Ruthven, 1927 – Bolivian blackhead, Ruthven's burrowing snake
Apostolepis thalesdelemai Borges-Nojosa, Lima, Bezerra & Harris, 2017
Apostolepis underwoodi de Lema & P. Campbell, 2017
Apostolepis vittata (Cope, 1887) – beaked blackhead

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

References

^ Apostolepis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 February 2016.
^ Vitt, Laurie J.; Caldwell, Janalee P. (2014). Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (4th ed.). Academic Press. pp. 622–626.
^ "Apostolepis Cope, 1862". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
^ ^a ^b Wallach, Van; Williams, Kenneth L.; Boundy, Jeff (22 April 2014). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-4822-0847-4.

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Apostolepis

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Apostolepis: Brief Summary