Hydrops (snake) explained

Hydrops is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to South America.

Species

Three species are recognized as being valid.^[1]

• Hydrops caesurus
• Hydrops martii - Amazon water snake
• Hydrops triangularis - triangle water snake

Nota bene

A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Hydrops.

Etymology

The specific name, martii, is in honor of German botanist Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.^[2]

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I-XX. (Genus Hydrops, pp. 186–187).
• Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong:T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. . (Genus Hydrops, pp. 66, 72, 99-100).
• Wagler J (1830). Natürliches System der AMPHIBIEN, mit vorangehender Classification der SÄUGTHIERE und VÖGEL. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. Munich, Stuttgart & Tübingen: J.G. Cotta. vi + 354 pp. + one plate. (Hydrops, new genus, p. 170). (in German and Latin).

Notes and References

1. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/advanced_search?genus=Hydrops&submit=Search Hydrops
2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Hydrops martii, p. 170).