Siphlophis

Siphlophis is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae.^[1] The genus is endemic to the Americas.

Siphlophis
Siphlophis cervinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Dipsadinae
Genus:	Siphlophis Fitzinger, 1843

Geographic range

Species of the genus Siphlophis are found in northern South America and Central America.^[1]

Species

The following seven species are recognized as being valid.^[1][2]

• Siphlophis ayauma Sheehy, Yánez-Muñoz, Valencia & E.N. Smith, 2014 - Devil’s Head spotted night snake
• Siphlophis cervinus (Laurenti, 1768) - Panamanian spotted night snake, Panama spotted night snake
• Siphlophis compressus (Daudin, 1803) - tropical flat snake
• Siphlophis leucocephalus (Günther, 1863) - common spotted night snake
• Siphlophis longicaudatus (Andersson, 1901) - Brazilian spotted night snake
• Siphlophis pulcher (Raddi, 1820) - Guanabara spotted night snake
• Siphlophis worontzowi (Prado, 1940) - Worontzow's spotted night snake

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

Etymology

The specific name, worontzowi, is in honor of Brazilian entomologist Cesar Worontzow.^[3]