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Drepanoides

Drepanoides is a genus of snake in the family Colubridae that contains the sole species Drepanoides anomalus. It is commonly known as the black-collared snake.

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Drepanoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Drepanoides
Dunn, 1928
Species:
D. anomalus
Binomial name
Drepanoides anomalus
(Jan, 1863)

Drepanoides is a genus of snake in the family Colubridae that contains the sole species Drepanoides anomalus.2 It is commonly known as the black-collared snake.

It is found in South America.3

References

References

  1. Bolívar, W., Castañeda, M.R., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Velasco, J., Nogueira, C., Catenazzi, A., Gagliardi, G. & Gonzales, L. (2019). Drepanoides anomalus. In: IUCN 2020. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022.2.
  2. Drepanoides at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 23 December 2016.
  3. Drepanoides anomalus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 23 December 2016.