Calamodontophis

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Dipsadidae
Subfamilia: Dipsadinae
Genus: Calamodontophis
Species (2): < C. paucidens - C. ronaldoi
Name

Calamodontophis Amaral, 1963: 580 [nomen substitutum]

Type species: Calamodon paucidens Amaral, 1935, by original designation.

Synonyms

Calamodon Amaral, 1935: 203 [preoccupied by Calamodon Cope, 1875]
Type species: Calamodon paucidens Amaral, 1935, by original designation and monotypy.

References
Primary references

Amaral, A. 1935. Contribuição ao conhecimento aos ophidios do Brasil. VII. Novos gêneros e espécies de colubrídeos opistoglyphos. Memórias do Instituto Butantan 9: 203–206.
Amaral, A. 1963. Herpetological note. Copeia 1963(3): 580.

Additional references

Franco, F.L., Cintra, L.A. de C. & Lema, T. de 2006. A new species of Calamodontophis Amaral, 1963 (Serpentes, Colubridae, Xenodontinae) from southern Brazil. South American Journal of Herpetology 1(3): 218–226. DOI: 10.2994/1808-9798(2006)1[218:ANSOCA]2.0.CO;2 Paywall Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Calamodontophis . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 August 2020.

Calamodontophis is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae.[1] The genus is endemic to South America.

Geographic range

Species in the genus Calamodontophis are found in Brazil and Uruguay.
Species

The genus Calamodontophis contains the following species:

Calamodontophis paucidens (Amaral, 1936)[1]
Calamodontophis ronaldoi Franco, de Carvalho Cintra & de Lema, 2006[2]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Calamodontophis.
References

"Calamodontophis ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 28 February 2011.

"Calamodontophis ronaldoi ". The Reptile Database.