''Sibynophis'' is a

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of non

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colubrid 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 ...

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s, commonly called many-toothed snakes, which together with ''

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'' make up the subfamily Sibynophiinae.

Species

The following nine

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are recognized.Wikispecies * '' Sibynophis bistrigatus'' ( Günther, 1868) – Günther's many-toothed snake * ''

Sibynophis bivittatus ''Sibynophis bivittatus'', commonly known as the white-striped snake, is a nonvenomous species of colubrid snake found in the Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Rep ...

'' ( Boulenger, 1894) – white-striped snake * ''

Sibynophis chinensis ''Sibynophis chinensis'', commonly known as the Chinese many-toothed snake, is a nonvenomous species of colubrid snake found in Vietnam, China, and Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at th ...

'' ( Günther, 1889) – Chinese many-toothed snake * '' Sibynophis collaris'' (

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, 1853) – common many-toothed snake * '' Sibynophis geminatus'' ( H. Boie, 1826) – Boie's many-toothed snake * ''

Sibynophis melanocephalus ''Sibynophis melanocephalus'', commonly known as the black-headed collared snake or Malayan many-toothed snake, is a nonvenomous species of colubrid snake found in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ...

'' (

, 1835) – black-headed collared snake, Malayan many-toothed snake * ''

Sibynophis sagittarius ''Sibynophis sagittarius'', commonly known as Cantor's black-headed snake after Theodore Cantor,Das, Indraneil. 2002. ''A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of India''. Ralph Curtis Books. Sanibel Island, Florida. 144 pp. (''Sibyno ...

'' (

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, 1839) – Cantor's black-headed snake * ''

Sibynophis subpunctatus ''Sibynophis subpunctatus'', commonly known as Duméril's black-headed snake or Jerdon's many-toothed snake, is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake endemic to Bangladesh, India , Sri Lanka, and Nepal. Behavior ''Sibynophis subpunctatus'' is ...

'' ( A.M.C. Duméril,

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& A. Duméril, 1854) – Duméril's black-headed snake, Jerdon's many-toothed snake * '' Sibynophis triangularis''

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, 1965 – triangle many-tooth snake, triangulate collared snake

References

Sibynophis Snake genera Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger {{Colubrids-stub