Hiding in the mists: molecular phylogenetic position and description of a new genus and species of snake (Dipsadidae: Xenodontinae) from the remote cloud forest of the Lost World
Author
Kok, Philippe J. R.
Department of Ecology and Vertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Łódź, 12 / 16 Banacha Street, Łódź 90 - 237, Poland & Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW 7 5 BD, United Kingdom
philippe.kok@biol.uni.lodz.pl
Author
Means, D. Bruce
Coastal Plains Institute and Land Conservancy, 46 Kinsey Road, Crawfordville, FL 32327, United States & Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, 319 Stadium Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32304, United States
text
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2024
Zool. J. Linn. Soc.
2023-08-16
200
2
505
531
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad082
journal article
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10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad082
e9ea1a56-2fb1-4a61-ad88-09ef588dfb08
0024-4082
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Table 2. List of taxa used in the molecular phylogenetic analyses, with GenBank accession numbers. Sequences newly generated are in bold.| Family | Subfamily | Tribe | Genus | Species | 16S | 12S | cytb | ND4 | BDNF | c-mos |
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| Colubridae | | | Coluber | constrictor | L01770 | L01765 | EU180432 | AY487040 | JQ599015 | AY486937 |
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| Dipsadidae | Carpophiinae | | Carphophis | amoenus | AY577022 | AY577013 | AF471067 | | | DQ112082 |
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| Dipsadidae | Carpophiinae | | Contia | tenuis | AY577030 | AY577021 | GU112401 | AF402658 | GU112363 | AF471134 |
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| Dipsadidae | Carpophiinae | | Diadophis | punctatus | KX694636 | AY577015 | EU193670 | EU194025 | EU402637 | AF471122 |
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| Dipsadidae | Dipsadinae | | Chapinophis | xanthocheilus | | | JX398603 | JX398450 | | |
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| Dipsadidae | Dipsadinae | | Adelphicos | quadrivirgatus | | | GQ895853 | | | GQ895796 |
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| Dipsadidae | Dipsadinae | | Amastridium | sapperi | | | GQ334479 | GQ334580 | | |
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| Dipsadidae | Dipsadinae | | Amastridium | veliferum | MH140469 | | | | | GQ895797 |
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| Dipsadidae | Dipsadinae | | Atractus | albuquerquei | GQ457726 | GQ457783 | JQ598918 | | JQ599009 | GQ457845 |
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| Dipsadidae | Dipsadinae | | Chersodromus | liebmanni | | | JX398604 | JX398451 | | |
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| Dipsadidae | Dipsadinae | | Coniophanes | fissidens | MH140663 | | EF078538 | JX398452 | | |
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| Dipsadidae | Dipsadinae | | Cryophis | hallbergi | | | GQ895863 | EF078544 | | GQ895807 |
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| Dipsadidae | Dipsadinae | | Dipsas | catesbyi | Z46496 | JQ598805 | JQ598926 | EF078585 | JQ599021 | JQ598977 |
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| Dipsadidae | Dipsadinae | | Enuliophis | sclateri | MH140724 | | JX398635 | JX398485 | | |
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| Dipsadidae | Dipsadinae | | Enulius | flavitorques | MH140725 | | JX398636 | JX398486 | | |
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| Dipsadidae | Dipsadinae | | Geophis | godmani | JQ598877 | JQ598814 | JQ598932 | | JQ599026 | |
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| Dipsadidae | Dipsadinae | | Hydromorphus | concolor | | | GQ895874 | JX398490 | | GQ895817 |
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| Dipsadidae | Dipsadinae | | Hypsiglena | torquata | EU728591 | EU728591 | EU728591 | EU728591 | | AF471159 |
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| Dipsadidae | Dipsadinae | | Hypsiglena (Eridiphas) | slevini | EU728584 | EU728584 | EU728584 | EU728584 | | |
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| Dipsadidae | Dipsadinae | | Imantodes | cenchoa | EU728586 | EU728586 | EU728586 | EU728586 | EU402643 | GQ457865 |
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| Dipsadidae | Dipsadinae | | Leptodeira | annulata | GQ457746 | GQ457806 | FJ416713 | FJ416787 | FJ433998 | AF544690 |
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| Dipsadidae | Dipsadinae | | Ninia | atrata | JQ598882 | GQ457814 | JQ598937 | GQ334659 | JQ599037 | GQ457874 |
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| Dipsadidae | Dipsadinae | | Pliocercus | euryzonus | KX660165 | | KX660440 | KX660568 | | KX660304 |
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| Dipsadidae | Dipsadinae | | Pseudoleptodeira | latifasciata | EU728579 | EU728579 | EU728579 | EU728579 | | |
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| Dipsadidae | Dipsadinae | | Rhadinaea | decorata | MH140927 | | | | | |
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| Dipsadidae | Dipsadinae | | Sibon | nebulatus | EU728583 | EU728583 | EU728583 | EU728583 | | AF544736 |
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| Dipsadidae | Dipsadinae | | Tretanorhinus | variabilis | AF158529 | AF158460 | JX398722 | JX398592 | | |
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| Dipsadidae | Dipsadinae | | Trimetopon | gracile | GU018178 | GU018160 | JX398723 | JX398593 | | |
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| Dipsadidae | Dipsadinae | | Tropidodipsas | sartorii | | | JX398718 | JX398587 | | |
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| Dipsadidae | Dipsadinae | | Urotheca | guentheri | | | JX398726 | JX398596 | | |
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| Dipsadidae | incertae sedis | | Farancia | abacura | Z46491 | Z46467 | U69832 | DQ902307 | | AF471141 |
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| Dipsadidae | incertae sedis | | Heterodon | platirhinos | AY577028 | AY577019 | GU112412 | AF402659 | EU402641 | JQ598986 |
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| Dipsadidae | incertae sedis | | Thermophis | zhaoermii | GQ166168 | GQ166168 | GQ166168 | GQ166168 | | KP777529 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | | Paikwaophis | kruki | OR075194 | OR075146 | OR069382 | OR069383 | OR069380 | OR069381 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Alsophiini | Alsophis | antillensis | FJ416702 | FJ416691 | FJ416726 | FJ416800 | JQ599005 | |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Alsophiini | Alsophis | rijgersmaei | FJ416708 | FJ416697 | FJ416729 | FJ416803 | | |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Alsophiini | Arrhyton | dolichura | AF158507 | AF158438 | FJ416721 | FJ416795 | | |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Alsophiini | Arrhyton | procerum | AF158521 | AF158452 | FJ416723 | FJ416797 | | |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Alsophiini | Borikenophis | portoricensis | AF158517 | FJ416696 | AF471085 | U49308 | JQ599012 | AF471126 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Alsophiini | Borikenophis | variegatus | FJ416711 | FJ416700 | FJ416734 | FJ416808 | | |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Alsophiini | Caraiba | andreae | AF158511 | AF158442 | FJ416743 | FJ416817 | | |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Alsophiini | Cubophis | cantherigerus | AF158475 | AF158405 | AF544669 | FJ416818 | FJ433999 | AF544694 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Alsophiini | Cubophis | caymanus | FJ416704 | FJ416693 | FJ416745 | FJ416820 | | |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Alsophiini | Haitiophis | anomalus | FJ666092 | FJ666091 | | | | |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Alsophiini | Hypsirhynchus | ferox | AF158515 | AF158447 | GQ895875 | FJ416816 | | GQ895818 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Alsophiini | Hypsirhynchus | parvifrons | AF158510 | AF158441 | FJ416740 | FJ416814 | | |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Alsophiini | Ialtris | dorsalis | AF158525 | AF158456 | FJ416735 | FJ416809 | | |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Alsophiini | Magliophis | exiguum | AF158526 | FJ416694 | AF471071 | FJ416798 | | AF471117 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Alsophiini | Uromacer | catesbyi | AF158523 | AF158454 | FJ416714 | FJ416788 | | |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Caaeteboiini | Caaeteboia | amarali | GQ457747 | GQ457807 | JQ598921 | | | GQ457867 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Conophiini | Conophis | lineatus | JQ598865 | GQ457788 | JQ598924 | | JQ599016 | JQ598975 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Conophiini | Manolepis | putnami | JQ598881 | JQ598820 | JQ598936 | | JQ599035 | JQ598988 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Diaphorolepidini | Diaphorolepis | wagneri | KR814752 | | KT345360 | KR814775 | | KR814764 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Diaphorolepidini | Synophis | bicolor | KR814758 | KR814751 | KR814773 | | | KR814769 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Diaphorolepidini | Synophis | calamitus | KR814640 | KR814622 | KR814697 | KR814711 | | KR814663 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Echinantherini | Echinanthera | melanostigma | GU018174 | JQ598806 | JQ598928 | | | |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Echinantherini | Echinanthera | undulata | JQ598870 | JQ598807 | JQ598929 | | JQ599022 | JQ598978 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Echinantherini | Sordellina | punctata | JQ598903 | JQ598843 | JQ598956 | | JQ599052 | JQ599000 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Echinantherini | Taeniophallus | affinis | JQ598905 | JQ598844 | JQ598957 | | JQ599055 | GQ457853 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Echinantherini | Taeniophallus | brevirostris | GQ457734 | GQ457793 | JQ598958 | | JQ599056 | GQ457854 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Echinantherini | Taeniophallus | nicagus | KX694677 | KX694562 | KX694886 | | KX694766 | KX694823 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Elapomorphini | Apostolepis | assimilis | GQ457724 | GQ457781 | | | JQ599007 | GQ457843 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Elapomorphini | Apostolepis | dimidiata | GQ457725 | GQ457782 | JQ598917 | | JQ599008 | GQ457844 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Elapomorphini | Elapomorphus | quinquelineatus | GQ457735 | GQ457794 | JQ598930 | | JQ599023 | GQ457855 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Elapomorphini | Phalotris | lemniscatus | GQ457756 | GQ457817 | JQ598941 | | JQ599039 | GQ457877 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Elapomorphini | Phalotris | nasutus | GQ457757 | GQ457818 | GQ895880 | | | GQ895822 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Eutrachelophiini | Arcanumophis | problematicus | MH532901 | MH513952 | MH536833 | | MH536834 | |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Eutrachelophiini | Eutrachelophis | papilio | OK299146 | | | OK334957 | | |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Hydrodynastini | Hydrodynastes | bicinctus | GQ457742 | GQ457802 | JQ598935 | | JQ599030 | GQ457862 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Hydrodynastini | Hydrodynastes | gigas | GQ457743 | GQ457803 | GQ895873 | | JQ599031 | GQ895816 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Hydropsini | Helicops | angulatus | GQ457738 | GQ457797 | AF471037 | | MN032459 | AF471160 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Hydropsini | Helicops | infrataeniatus | GQ457740 | GQ457799 | JQ598933 | | | GQ457859 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Hydropsini | Hydrops | triangularis | GQ457744 | GQ457804 | AF471039 | | JQ599032 | AF471158 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Hydropsini | Pseudoeryx | plicatilis | GQ457765 | GQ457826 | GQ895885 | | | GQ895826 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | incertae sedis | Crisantophis | nevermanni | GU018169 | GU018152 | | | | |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | incertae sedis | Xenopholis | scalaris | JQ598915 | JQ598854 | GQ895897 | | | JQ599002 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | incertae sedis | Xenopholis | undulatus | JQ598916 | JQ598855 | | | | JQ599003 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | | Nothopsis | rugosus | KR814760 | GU018159 | KR814770 | KR814779 | | KR814768 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | | Rhadinella | godmani | | | MZ520229 | MZ520309 | JQ599026 | MZ520195 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | | Rhadinophanes | monticola | | | JX398650 | JX398498 | | |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | | Stichophanes | ningshaanensis | KJ719252 | KJ719252 | KJ719252 | KJ719252 | | KJ638718 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | | Tantalophis | discolor | | | EF078541 | EF078589 | | |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Phylodryadini | Chlorosoma | viridissimum | AF158474 | AF158419 | AF236807 | | | |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Phylodryadini | Philodryas | olfersii | AF158484 | JQ598830 | JQ598945 | | JQ599041 | JQ598993 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Phylodryadini | Xenoxybelis | argenteus | GQ457780 | GQ457842 | JQ598944 | | JQ599040 | GQ457899 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Pseudoboini | Boiruna | maculata | JQ598862 | GQ457785 | GQ895855 | | JQ599011 | GQ895799 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Pseudoboini | Clelia | clelia | AF158472 | AF158403 | | | | JQ598973 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Pseudoboini | Drepanoides | anomalus | GQ457732 | GQ457791 | GQ895866 | | | GQ895810 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Pseudoboini | Mussurana | bicolor | GQ457729 | GQ457787 | | | | GQ457849 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Pseudoboini | Oxyrhopus | guibei | JQ627291 | JQ598822 | JQ598938 | | JQ599038 | JQ598989 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Pseudoboini | Paraphimophis | rusticus | JQ598864 | JQ598802 | JQ598923 | | | JQ598974 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Pseudoboini | Phimophis | guerini | GQ457761 | GQ457822 | | | | GQ457882 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Pseudoboini | Pseudoboa | nigra | GQ457764 | AF544775 | JQ598948 | | JQ599043 | AF544729 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Pseudoboini | Rhachidelus | brazili | JQ598897 | JQ598837 | JQ598952 | | JQ599048 | |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Pseudoboini | Rodriguesophis | iglesiasi | JQ598891 | JQ598831 | GQ895881 | | | GQ895823 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Pseudoboini | Siphlophis | cervinus | JQ598901 | JQ598841 | GQ895888 | | | JQ598998 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Pseudoboini | Siphlophis | pulcher | GQ457773 | GQ457834 | JQ598955 | | JQ599051 | GQ457894 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Psomophiini | Psomophis | joberti | GQ457768 | GQ457829 | GQ895887 | | JQ599046 | GQ895828 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Saphenophiini | Pseudalsophis | elegans | AF158470 | AF158401 | JQ598947 | | JQ599042 | JQ598995 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Tachymenini | Calamodontophis | paucidens | GQ457728 | GQ457786 | | | | GQ457848 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Tachymenini | Gomesophis | brasiliensis | GQ457737 | GQ457796 | | | | |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Tachymenini | Pseudotomodon | trigonatus | GQ457766 | GQ457827 | | | | GQ457887 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Tachymenini | Ptychophis | flavovirgatus | GQ457769 | GQ457830 | | | | GQ457890 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Tachymenini | Tachymenis | peruviana | GQ457774 | GQ457835 | | | JQ599054 | GQ457895 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Tachymenini | Thamnodynastes | rutilus | GQ457776 | GQ457837 | | | | GQ457896 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Tachymenini | Thamnodynastes | strigatus | JQ598907 | JQ598847 | JQ598959 | | JQ599057 | KX660420 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Tachymenini | Tomodon | dorsatus | GQ457777 | GQ457838 | GQ895892 | | JQ599059 | GQ895833 |
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| Dipsadidae | Xenodontinae | Tropidodryadini | Tropidodryas | serra | JQ598908 | JQ598848 | JQ598961 | | | |
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