Homalopsidae
| Homalopsidae | |
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New Guinea bockadam Cerberus rynchops | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Clade: | Colubroides |
| Family: | Homalopsidae Bonaparte, 1845 |
| Genera | |
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29, see text | |
The Homalopsidae are a family of snakes which contains about 30
Gerarda are the only snakes known to tear their prey apart before eating it, pulling soft-shelled crabs through their coils to rip them apart prior to ingestion.[1]
Genera
- Bitia Gray, 1842
- Brachyorrhos Kuhl, 1826
- Calamophis Meyer, 1874
- Cantoria Girard, 1857
- Cerberus Cuvier, 1829
- Dieurostus Berg, 1901
- Djokoiskandarus J.C. Murphy, 2011
- Enhydris Sonnini & Latreille, 1802
- Erpeton Lacépède, 1800
- FeraniaGray, 1842
- Fordonia Gray, 1837
- Gerarda Gray, 1849
- Gyiophis J.C. Murphy & Voris, 2014
- Heurnia de Jong, 1926
- Homalophis W. Peters, 1871
- Homalopsis Kuhl & Hasselt, 1822
- Hypsiscopus Fitzinger, 1843
- Karnsophis J.C. Murphy & Voris, 2013
- Kualatahan J.C. Murphy & Voris, 2014
- Mintonophis J.C. Murphy & Voris, 2014
- Miralia Gray, 1842
- Myanophis G. Köhler et al., 2021[2]
- Myron Gray, 1849
- Myrrophis Kumar, Sanders, George & J.C. Murphy, 2012
- Phytolopsis Gray, 1849
- Pseudoferania Ogilby, 1891
- Raclitia Gray, 1842
- Subsessor J.C. Murphy & Voris, 2014
- Sumatranus J.C. Murphy & Voris, 2014
References
Further reading
- Bonaparte CL (1845). "Specchio generale dei sistemi erpetologico, anfibiologico ed ittiologico". Atti della Riunione degli Scienziati Italiani 6: 376–378. (Homalopsidae, new family). (in Italian).
- ISBN 0-7167-0020-4. (Subfamily Homalopsinae, pp. 326–327).
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