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Genus of snakes

Diaphorolepis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Dipsadinae
Genus:	Diaphorolepis Jan, 1863

Diaphorolepis is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is indigenous to northwestern South America.

Species

The genus Diaphorolepis contains the following two species which are recognized as being valid.

Diaphorolepis laevis F. Werner, 1923 – Colombian frog-eating snake
Diaphorolepis wagneri Jan, 1863 – Ecuador frog-eating snake, Ecuadorean frog-eating snake

Etymology

The specific name, wagneri, is in honor of German paleontologist Johann Andreas Wagner.

References

Genus Diaphorolepis at The Reptile Database
Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Diaphorolepis wagneri, p. 278).

Further reading

Jan G (1863). Elenco sistematico degli ofidi descritti e disegnati per l'Iconografia Generale. Milan: Museo Civico di Milano. (A. Lombardi, printer). 143 pp. (Diaphorolepis, new genus, p. 98; D. wagneri, new species, p. 98). (in Italian).

Taxon identifiers
Diaphorolepis	Wikidata: Q5067574 Wikispecies: Diaphorolepis ADW: Diaphorolepis CoL: 449P EoL: 35453 GBIF: 2457066 iNaturalist: 26569 IRMNG: 1062146 ITIS: 700290 NCBI: 1544560 Open Tree of Life: 4122123

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