Amnesteophis is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae that contains the sole species Amnesteophis melanauchen.[2] It is found in Brazil.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Amnesteophis Myers, 2011 |
| Species: | A. melanauchen
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| Binomial name | |
| Amnesteophis melanauchen (Jan, 1863)
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This small snake species was first referenced about 140 years ago by locals in Bahia, Brazil. It is most similar to the Taeniophallus occipitalis in size and features. [4]
References
edit- ^ Hoogmoed, M.S. 2019. Amnesteophis melanauchen. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016:e.T15155355A15155489. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15155355/15155489. Downloaded on 01 May 2021.
- ^ Amnesteophis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 23 December 2016.
- ^ Amnesteophis melanauchen at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 23 December 2016.
- ^ Myers, Charles (11 May 2011). "A New Genus and New Tribe for Enicognathus melanauchen Jan, 1863, a Neglected South American Snake (Colubridae: Xenodontinae), with Taxonomic Notes on Some Dipsadinae". American Museum Novitates (3715): 1–33. doi:10.1206/3715.2. S2CID 40563886. Archived from the original on 2021-05-12. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
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