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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.


Taxonomy of the family Colubridae
Bibliography of the genus Taeniophallus
Biodiversity of the family Colubridae








Genus
Taeniophallus

Lowland Dwarf Leaf-litter Snakes

Tiefland-Zwergstreunattern

Dværgførnesnoge

1895 Taeniophallus Cope (type species: Lygophis nicagus Cope 1868)
Contents: 2 species, none of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks: Previously included the species now assigned to Adelphostigma, Dibernardia, and Myersinia.
Distribution: South America.
Reported from: Bolivia, Brazil (Acre, Amapa, Amazonas, Maranhao, Mato Grosso, Para, Rondonia), Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Surinam.

Taeniophallus brevirostris

Short-nosed Leaf-litter Snake

Kurzschnauzen-Zwergstreunatter

Kortsnudet Dværgførnesnog

1863 Dromicus brevirostris Peters
Rhadinaea brevirostris Dunn 1944
Echinanthera brevirostris Di-Bernardo 1992
Taeniophallus brevirostris Myers & Cadle 1994
1863 Enicognathus taeniolatus Jan (Di-Bernardo 1992)
1868 Dromicus viperinus Günther (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970)

Remarks: Reports from Venezuela (e.g., Péfaur 1992; La Marca 1997) refer to Liophis melanotus lamari (Dixon & Michaud 1992; Rivas, Molina, Ugueto, Barros, Barrio-Amoros & Kok 2012).
Distribution: Bolivia, Brazil (Acre, Amapa, Amazonas, Maranhao, Mato Grosso, Para, Rondonia), Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Surinam.


Taeniophallus nicagus

Northern Leaf-litter Snake

Nördliche Zwergstreunatter

Nordlig Dværgførnesnog

1868 Lygophis nicagus Cope
Taeniophallus nicagus Myers & Cadle 1994

Distribution: Brazil (Amapa, Amazonas, Para), French Guiana, Surinam.