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Lygophis  Fitzinger, 1843
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1081401

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2017   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758 – Snakes, cobra, serpente, serpents  
                               InfraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923  
                                  FamilyColubridae Oppel, 1811 – Colubrids, Typical Snakes  
                                     SubfamilyDipsadinae Bonaparte, 1838  
                                        GenusLygophis Fitzinger, 1843  
    Direct Children:  
                                           Species Lygophis anomalus (Günther, 1858)  
                                           Species Lygophis dilepis Cope, 1862 – Lema's Ground Snake, Lema's Striped Snake 
                                           Species Lygophis elegantissimus (Koslowsky, 1896)  
                                           Species Lygophis flavifrenatus Cope, 1862 – Fronted Ground Snake 
                                           Species Lygophis lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Lined Ground Snake 
                                           Species Lygophis meridionalis (Schenkel, 1901)  
                                           Species Lygophis paucidens Hoge, 1953 – Hoge's Ground Snake 
                                           Species Lygophis vanzolinii (Dixon, 1985) – Vanzolini's Ground Snake 
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Zaher, Hussam, Felipe Gobbi Grazziotin, John E. Cadle, Robert W. Murphy, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2009   
  Article/Chapter Title: Molecular phylogeny of advanced snakes (Serpentes, Caenophidia) with an emphasis on South American Xenodontines: a revised classification and descriptions of new taxa   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo), vol. 49, no. 11   
  Page(s): 115-153   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0031-1049   
  Notes: doi: 10.1590/S0031-10492009001100001   
  Reference for: Lygophis   
       

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