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Hydrops Wagler 1830

Hydrops (snake)

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Hydrops is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to South America.^[1]

Species

Three species are recognized as being valid.^[1]^[2]

Hydrops caesurus Scrocchi et al., 2005
Hydrops martii (Wagler, 1824) - Amazon water snake
Hydrops triangularis (Wagler, 1824) - 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.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Hydrops at the Reptile Database.
^ "Hydrops ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 13 August 2007.
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Hydrops martii, p. 170).

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Hydrops (snake): Brief Summary

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

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