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{{Automatic Taxobox | image = Synophys species.jpg | image_caption = | taxon = Synophis | authority = Peracca, 1896 | subdivision_ranks = Species }}Synophis is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to northwestern South America. DescriptionSnakes of the genus Synophis have unusual scalation on the top of the head. The internasal scales are very small, and the prefrontal scales are fused into one large plate.[1] SpeciesThe genus Synophis contains the following nine species which are recognized as being valid.[2] - Synophis bicolor {{small|Peracca, 1896}}
- Synophis bogerti {{small|Torres-Carvajal, Echevarría, Venegas, Chávez & Camper, 2015}}
- Synophis calamitus {{small|Hillis, 1990}}
- Synophis insulomontanus {{small|Torres-Carvajal, Echevarría, Venegas, Chávez & Camper, 2015}}
- Synophis lasallei {{small|(Nicéforo-María, 1950)}}
- Synophis niceforomariae {{small|Pyron, Arteaga, Echevarría, & Torres-Carvajal, 2016}}
- Synophis plectovertebralis {{small|Sheil & T. Grant, 2001}}
- Synophis zaheri {{small|Pyron, Guayasamin, Peñafiel, Bustamante & Arteaga, 2015}}
- Synophis zamora {{small|Torres-Carvajal, Echevarría, Venegas, Chávez & Camper, 2015}}
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Synophis. References1. ^Peracca (1896). 2. ^{{EMBL genus|genus=Synophis}}.
Further reading- Peracca MG (1896). "Nuovo genere di Colubride aglifo dell'America meridionale ". Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della R[egia]. Università di Torino 11 (266): 1-2. (Synophis, new genus). (in Italian).
- Pyron, R. Alexander; Arteaga, Alejandro; Echevarría, Lourdes Y.; Torres-Carvajal, Omar (2016). "A revision and key for the tribe Diaphorolepidini (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) and checklist for the genus Synophis ". Zootaxa 4171 (2): 293-320.
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