Hydrodynastes Explained

Hydrodynastes is a small genus of large colubrid snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae. The genus is endemic to South America.^[1]

Species

Two species are recognized.

• Hydrodynastes bicinctus (Herrmann, 1804)
• Hydrodynastes gigas (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)

Further reading

• Fitzinger L (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Genus Hydrodynastes, new genus, p. 25). (in Latin).
• Franco FL, Fernandes DS, Bentim BM (2007). "A new species of Hydrodynastes Fitzinger, 1843 from central Brazil (Serpentes: Colubridae: Xenodontidae)". Zootaxa 1613: 57–65. (Hydrodynastes melanogigas, new species).

Notes and References

1. [:es:Marcos Abraham Freiberg|Freiberg M]