Homalopsidae
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The Homalopsidae are a family of snakes which contains about 30 genera and more than 50 species. They are commonly known as Indo-Australian water snakes, mudsnakes, or bockadams. They are also known as Script error: No such module "Lang". (lit. "water snake") in Indonesian. They are typically stout-bodied water snakes, and all are mildly venomous. Two monotypic genera are notable for their unusual morphology: Erpeton possesses a pair of short, fleshy appendages protruding from the front of the snout, and Bitia has uniquely enlarged palatine teeth. Cerberus species have been noted to use sidewinding to cross slick mud flats during low tide. Fordonia and Gerarda are the only snakes known to tear their prey apart before eating it, pulling soft-shelled crabs through their coils to rip them apart prior to ingestion.[1]
Genera
- Bitia Gray, 1842Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Brachyorrhos Kuhl, 1826Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Calamophis Meyer, 1874Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Cantoria Girard, 1857Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Cerberus Cuvier, 1829Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Dieurostus Berg, 1901Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Djokoiskandarus J.C. Murphy, 2011Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Enhydris Sonnini & Latreille, 1802Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Erpeton Lacépède, 1800Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Ferania Gray, 1842Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Fordonia Gray, 1837Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Gerarda Gray, 1849Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Gyiophis J.C. Murphy & Voris, 2014Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Heurnia de Jong, 1926Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Homalophis W. Peters, 1871Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Homalopsis Kuhl & Hasselt, 1822Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Hypsiscopus Fitzinger, 1843Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Karnsophis J.C. Murphy & Voris, 2013Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Kualatahan J.C. Murphy & Voris, 2014Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Mintonophis J.C. Murphy & Voris, 2014Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Miralia Gray, 1842Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Myanophis G. Köhler et al., 2021Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[2]
- Myron Gray, 1849Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Myrrophis Kumar, Sanders, George & J.C. Murphy, 2012Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Phytolopsis Gray, 1849Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Pseudoferania Ogilby, 1891Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Raclitia Gray, 1842Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Subsessor J.C. Murphy & Voris, 2014Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Sumatranus J.C. Murphy & Voris, 2014Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
References
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Further reading
- Bonaparte CL (1845). "Specchio generale dei sistemi erpetologico, anfibiologico ed ittiologico". Atti della Riunione degli Scienziati Italiani 6: 376–378. (Homalopsidae, new family). (in Italian).
- Goin CJ, Goin OB, Zug GR (1978). Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman and Company. xi + 378 pp. Template:ISBN. (Subfamily Homalopsinae, pp. 326–327).
External links
- Homalopsisnae.comTemplate:Category handler[<span title="Script error: No such module "string".">usurped]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Aquatic Snakes: Mud Snakes
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