Hydrodynastes
Genus of snakes
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::summary Genus of snakes ::
| name = Hydrodynastes | image = Hydrodynastes gigas.jpg | image_caption = Hydrodynastes gigas | taxon = Hydrodynastes | authority = Fitzinger, 1843
Hydrodynastes is a small genus of large colubrid snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae. The genus is endemic to South America.
Species
Two species are recognized.
- Hydrodynastes bicinctus (Herrmann, 1804)
- Hydrodynastes gigas (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
References
References
- "''Hydrodynates'' ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
- [[:es:Marcos Abraham Freiberg. Freiberg M]] (1982). ''Snakes of South America'' Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. {{ISBN. 0-87666-912-7. (''Hydrodynastes'', pp. 78-79, 99, 132-133 + photographs on pp. 5, 47, 50).
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