Homalophis

Homalophis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Homalopsidae
Genus:	Homalophis W. Peters, 1871

Homalophis is a genus of snakes in the family Homalopsidae. The genus is endemic to Southeast Asia.

Species

The following two species are recognized as being valid.

• Homalophis doriae W. Peters, 1871
• Homalophis gyii (Murphy, Voris & Auliya, 2005)

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Homalophis.

References

Further reading

• Peters W (1871). "Über neuen Reptilien aus Ostafrica und Sarawak (Borneo), vorzüglich aus der Sammlung des Hrn. Marquis J. Doria zu Genua". Monatsberichte der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1871: 566–581. (Homalophis, new subgenus, p. 577; H. doriae, new species, p. 577). (in German).

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