Pseustes was a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae.
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| Pseustes sulphureus, now Spilotes sulphureus, in Atlantic Forest in Bahia, Brazil | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Colubrinae |
| Genus: | Pseustes Fitzinger, 1843 |
Taxonomy
editJadin et al. (2013) reassigned all species of Pseustes to the genera Phrynonax and Spilotes.[1][2]
Species
edit- Pseustes cinnamomeus (Wagler, 1824) = Phrynonax sexcarinatus (Wagler, 1824)
- Pseustes poecilonotus (Günther, 1858) = Phrynonax poecilonotus (Günther, 1858)
- Pseustes sexcarinatus (Wagler, 1824) = Phrynonax sexcarinatus (Wagler, 1824)
- Pseustes shropshirei (Barbour & Amaral, 1924) = Phrynonax shropshirei (Barbour & Amaral, 1924)
- Pseustes sulphureus (Wagler, 1824) = Spilotes sulphureus (Wagler, 1824)
References
edit- ^ Genus Phrynonax at The Reptile Database.
- ^ Genus Spilotes at The Reptile Database.
Further reading
edit- Fitzinger L (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Pseustes, new genus, p. 27). (in Latin).
- Jadin, Robert C; Burbrink, Frank T.; Rivas, Gilson A.; Vitt, Laurie J.; Barrio-Amorós, César L.; Guralnick, Robert P. (2013). "Finding arboreal snakes in an evolutionary tree: phylogenetic placement and systematic revision of the Neotropical birdsnakes". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 52 (3): 257–264.