Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates 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 Erpeton Biodiversity of the family Homalopsidae Genus Erpeton Tentacled Snake Fühlerschlange, Tentakelschlange Tentakelsnog, Følehornsslange 1800 Erpeton Lacepede (type species: Erpeton tentaculatus Lacepede 1800) 1820 Rhinopirus Merrem [substitute name for Erpeton Lacepede 1800] 1830 Herpeton Wagler [substitute name for Erpeton Lacepede 1800] Contents: 1 species, which is not endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Distribution: As for the single species. Erpeton tentaculatum Tentacled Snake, (Fishing Snake) Fühlerschlange, Tentakelschlange Tentakelsnog, Følehornsslange 1800 Erpeton tentaculatus Lacepede Rhinopirus tentaculatus Merrem 1820 Herpeton tentaculatum Jan & Sordelli 1860 1837 Homalopsis herpeton Schlegel (Murphy 2007) Herpeton herpeton Giebel 1861 Introduced to: USA (Florida). Distribution: Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam. Erpeton tentaculatum © Rune Midtgaard