Hypsiscopus

Hypsiscopus is a genus of snakes of the family Homalopsidae.^[1] The name comes from the Greek words Hypsi, meaning high or lofty, and scopus, meaning view, and refers to the location of the eyes, which are set high on the heads of these snakes.^[2][3]

Hypsiscopus
Hypsiscopus plumbea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Homalopsidae
Genus:	Hypsiscopus Fitzinger, 1843
Species
2 (see text)

Species

There are three recognized species:^[1][4]

• Hypsiscopus matannensis (Boulenger, 1897)
• Hypsiscopus plumbea (Boie, 1827)
• Hypsiscopus murphyi (Bernstein et al., 2022)