Pseustes Explained

Pseustes was a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae.

Taxonomy

Jadin et al. (2013) reassigned all species of Pseustes to the genera Phrynonax and Spilotes.^{[1] [2]}

Species

• Pseustes cinnamomeus = Phrynonax sexcarinatus
• Pseustes poecilonotus = Phrynonax poecilonotus
• Pseustes sexcarinatus = Phrynonax sexcarinatus
• Pseustes shropshirei = Phrynonax shropshirei
• Pseustes sulphureus = Spilotes sulphureus

Further reading

• Fitzinger L (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Pseustes, new genus, p. 27). (in Latin).
• Jadin, Robert C; Burbrink, Frank T.; Rivas, Gilson A.; Vitt, Laurie J.; Barrio-Amorós, César L.; Guralnick, Robert P. (2013). "Finding arboreal snakes in an evolutionary tree: phylogenetic placement and systematic revision of the Neotropical birdsnakes". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 52 (3): 257–264.

Notes and References

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