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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.


Taxonomy of the family Homalopsidae
Bibliography of the genus Gyiophis
Biodiversity of the family Homalopsidae








Genus
Gyiophis

Burmese Mud Snakes

Burmesische Schlammnattern

Burmesiske Muddersnoge

2014 Gyiophis Murphy & Voris (type species: Hypsirhina maculosa Blanford 1881)
Contents: 3 species, all of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks: The two species maculosa and vorisi were previously included in Enhydris (e.g., Murphy 2007).
Distribution: Myanmar.

Gyiophis maculosa

Brown-spotted Mud Snake, Brown-spotted Water Snake, (Blanford's Mud Snake)

Braunfleckige Schlammnatter

Brunplettet Muddersnog

1879 Hypsirhina maculata Blanford [not Hypsirhina maculata Dumeril & Bibron 1854] (Murphy 2007)
1881 Hypsirhina maculosa Blanford [substitute name for Hypsirhina maculata Blanford 1879]
Enhydris maculosa Smith 1943
Gyiophis maculosa Murphy & Voris 2014
1890 Hypsirhina blanfordi Boulenger [substitute name for Hypsirhina maculata Blanford 1879]

Remarks: Records from Indonesia (Nias, Sumatra) (Gyi 1970) are erroneous (Murphy 2007). Chinese records (Gyi 1970) refer to Myrrophis chinensis (Zhao & Adler 1993).
Distribution: Myanmar.


Gyiophis salweenensis

Salween Mud Snake, Salween River Basin Mud Snake

Salween-Schlammnatter

Salween-muddersnog

2017 Gyiophis salweenensis Quah, Grismer, Wood, Thura, Zin, Kyaw, Lwin, Grismer & Murdoch

Distribution: Myanmar.


Gyiophis vorisi

Ayeyarwady Mud Snake, (Voris's Water Snake)

Ayeyarwadi-Schlammnatter

Ayeyarwadi-muddersnog

2008 Enhydris vorisi Murphy
Gyiophis vorisi Murphy & Voris 2014

Distribution: Myanmar.