Gyiophis

Gyiophis is a genus of snakes in the family Homalopsidae.^[2] The genus is endemic to Myanmar.

Gyiophis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Homalopsidae
Genus:	Gyiophis Murphy & Voris, 2014[1]
Type species
Hypsirhina maculosa Blanford, 1879

Etymology

The genus Gyiophis was named in honor of the Burmese herpetologist Ko Ko Gyi.^[1]

Species

As of 2017^[update], three described species have been classified in the genus Gyiophis.^[2]

• Gyiophis maculosus (Blanford, 1879)^[3][4] – Blanford's mud snake
• Gyiophis salweenensis Quah et al., 2017^[5] – Salween river basin mud snake
• Gyiophis vorisi (Murphy, 2007)^[6] – Voris' mud snake

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

Geographic range

All three species in the genus Gyiophis are found in Myanmar. Two species, G. maculosa and G. vorisi, live in the Irrawaddy Delta, whereas G. salweenensis lives in the Salween River basin.^[5]