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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 Phytolopsis
Biodiversity of the family Homalopsidae








Genus
Phytolopsis

Blackwater Mud Snake

Gelbband-Schlammnatter

Gulbåndet Muddersnog

1849 Phytolopsis Gray (type species: Phytolopsis punctata Gray 1849)
1866 Tachyplotus Reinhardt (type species: Tachyplotus hedemanni Reinhardt 1866; syn. Murphy & Voris 2014)
1871 Pythonopsis Peters (type species: Pythonopsis borneensis Peters 1871; syn. Murphy & Voris 2014)
Contents: 1 species, which is not endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks: Previously regarded as a synonym of Enhydris (e.g., Murphy 2007). Revalidated by Murphy & Voris (2014).
Distribution: As for the single species.

Phytolopsis punctata

Blackwater Mud Snake, (Spotted Mud Snake, Spotted Water Snake)

Gelbband-Schlammnatter

Gulbåndet Muddersnog

1849 Phytolopsis punctata Gray
Hypsirhina punctata Boulenger 1896
Enhydris punctata Kinghorn 1929
1859 Eurostus heteraspis Bleeker (Murphy 2007)
1866 Tachyplotus hedemanni Reinhardt (Murphy 2007)
1871 Pythonopsis borneensis Peters (Murphy 2007)
1890 Hypsirhina hageni Lidth de Jeude (Murphy 2007)

Distribution: Brunei, Indonesia (Bangka, Belitung, Kalimantan, Sumatra), Malaysia (West Malaysia), Singapore.