''Liodytes'' is a
genus of
snakes in the
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...
Natricinae of the
family Colubridae
Colubridae (, commonly known as colubrids , from la, coluber, 'snake') is a family of snakes. With 249 genera, it is the largest snake family. The earliest species of the family date back to the Oligocene epoch. Colubrid snakes are found on ever ...
. The genus contains three species.
Geographic range
All species of the genus ''Liodytes'' are
endemic to the southeastern
United States.
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Species
The following species are recognized as being valid.[. www.reptile-database.org.]
*'' Liodytes alleni'' – striped crayfish snake
*''Liodytes pygaea
The black swamp snake (''Liodytes pygaea'') is a species of snake in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the southeastern United States. There are three subspecies, including the nominotypical subspecies. ...
'' – black swamp snake
*'' Liodytes rigida'' – crayfish snake
'' Nota bene'': A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Liodytes''.
References
Further reading
* Cope ED (1885). "Twelfth Contribution to the Herpetology of Tropical America". ''Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia'' 22: 167–194. (''Liodytes'', new genus, p. 194).
* Powell R, Conant R, Collins JT (2016). ''Peterson Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Fourth Edition''. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. xiv + 494 pp., 47 plates, 207 figures. . (Genus ''Liodytes'', p. 412).
Snake genera
Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope
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