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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 Colubridae
Bibliography of the genus Siphlophis
Biodiversity of the family Colubridae








Genus
Siphlophis

Liana Snakes

Amerikanische Lianennattern

Sydamerikanske Liansnoge

1827 Lycodon Boie in Boie [not Lycodon Boie in Fitzinger 1826 (Serpentes); not Lycodon Boie in Boie 1826 (Serpentes)] (type species: Coluber audax Daudin 1803)
1843 Siphlophis Fitzinger (type species: Coluber audax Daudin 1803)
1843 Tripanurgos Fitzinger (type species: Coluber leucocephalus Mikan 1820; syn. Zaher & Prudente 2003)
1853 Lycognathus Dumeril (type species: Coluber audax Daudin 1803)
1935 Callopistria Amaral (type species: Callopistria rubrovertebralis Amaral 1935)
1940 Alleidophis Prado (type species: Alleidophis worontzowi Prado 1940)
Contents: 7 species, of which 4 (57.1%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Distribution: S. Central America, South America.
Reported from: Bolivia, Brazil (Acre, Alagoas, Amapa, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceara, Espirito Santo, Goias, Maranhao, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Para [incl. Marajo Island], Paraiba, Parana, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondonia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo [incl. Sao Sebastiao]), Sergipe, Tocantins), Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Surinam, Trinidad & Tobago (Trinidad), Venezuela.

Siphlophis ayauma

Devil's Head Liana Snake, Devil's Head Spotted Night Snake

Teufelkopf-Lianennatter

Djævlehoved-liansnog

2014 Siphlophis ayauma Sheehy, Yánez-Muñoz, Valencia & Smith

Distribution: Ecuador.


Siphlophis cervinus

Common Liana Snake, Checker-bellied Snake, Checkerbelly

Gewöhnliche Lianennatter

Almindelig Sydamerikansk Liansnog

1768 Coronella cervina Laurenti
Lycognathus cervinus Werner 1924
Siphlophis cervinus Hoge 1964
1803 Coluber audax Daudin (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970)
1820 Coluber maximiliani Merrem (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970)
1854 Lycognathus scolopax Duméril, Bibron & Duméril (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970)
1916 Clelia euprepa Griffin (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970)
1920 Drepanodon attenuatus Barbour & Noble (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970)

Distribution: Bolivia, Brazil (Acre, Amapa, Amazonas, Maranhao, Mato Grosso, Para [incl. Marajo Island], Rondonia, Roraima), Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Surinam, Trinidad & Tobago (Trinidad), Venezuela.


Siphlophis compressus

Red-headed Liana Snake, Red-headed Water Snake, Red Vine Snake, Tropical Flat Snake

Rotkopf-Lianennatter

Rødhovedet Liansnog, Rødøjet Træsnog

1803 Coluber compressus Daudin
Trypanurgos compressus [sic] Boulenger 1896
Tripanurgos compressus Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970
Siphlophis compressus Zaher & Prudente 1999
1820 Coluber leucocephalus Mikan (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970)

Remarks: The localities in Roraima mentioned by Zaher & Prudente (1999) are actually in Rondonia.
Distribution: Bolivia, Brazil (Acre, Alagoas, Amapa, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceara, Espirito Santo, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Para [incl. Marajo Island], Paraiba, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Rondonia, Roraima, Sergipe, Tocantins), Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Surinam, Trinidad & Tobago (Trinidad), Venezuela.


Siphlophis compressus
© Henrik Bringsøe

Siphlophis leucocephalus

White-headed Liana Snake, Common Spotted Night Snake

Weisskopf-Lianennatter

Hvidhovedet Liansnog

1863 Leptodira leucocephala Günther
Siphlophis leucocephalus Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970
1896 Lycognathus rhombeatus Boulenger (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970)

Distribution: Brazil (Bahia, Goias, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais).


Siphlophis longicaudatus

Long-tailed Liana Snake

Langschwanz-Lianennatter

Langhalet Liansnog

1907 Tropidodipsas longicaudata Andersson
Dipsas longicaudata Peters 1960
Siphlophis longicaudatus Hoge 1964
1964 Siphlophis cinereus Lema (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970)

Distribution: Brazil (Espirito Santo, Goias, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo).


Siphlophis pulcher

Guanabara Liana Snake, Guanabara Spotted Night Snake

Guanabara-Lianennatter

Guanabara-liansnog

1820 Coluber pulcher Raddi
Siphlophis pulcher Hoge 1964
1854 Lycognathus geminatus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970)
1863 Oxyrhopus rhombeatus Peters (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970)
1935 Callopistria rubrovertebralis Amaral (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970)

Distribution: Brazil (Bahia, Parana, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo [incl. Sao Sebastiao]).


Siphlophis worontzowi

Amazon Liana Snake, (Worontzow's Spotted Night Snake)

Amazonas-Lianennatter

Sydlig Amazonas-liansnog

1940 Alleidophis worontzowi Prado
Siphlophis worontzowi Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970

Remarks: There is an unverifiable record from Mato Grosso do Sul (Vechio, Junior, Neto & Rodrigues 2015). The locality in Roraima mentioned by Zaher & Prudente (1999) is actually in Rondonia.
Distribution: Bolivia, Brazil (Acre, Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Para, Rondonia, Tocantins), Peru.