Platyceps
Platyceps is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae.Taxonomy
The genus was erected in 1860 by Edward Blyth, allying species previously described.
The genus name Platyceps was inadvertently used for a fossil species in 1877, now recognised as Platycepsion wilkinsoni.Species
The following 25 species are recognized as being valid.
- Platyceps afarensis Schätti & Ineich, 2004
- Platyceps bholanathi
- Platyceps brevis
- Platyceps collaris
- Platyceps elegantissimus
- Platyceps florulentus
- Platyceps gracilis
- Platyceps insulanus
- Platyceps karelini
- Platyceps ladacensis
- Platyceps largeni
- Platyceps messanai
- Platyceps najadum
- Platyceps noeli Schätti, Tillack & Kucharzewski, 2014
- Platyceps rhodorachis
- Platyceps rogersi
- Platyceps saharicus Schätti & McCarthy, 2004
- Platyceps scortecci
- Platyceps sinai
- Platyceps sindhensis Schätti, Tillack & Kucharzewski, 2014
- Platyceps somalicus
- Platyceps taylori
- Platyceps thomasi
- Platyceps variabilis
- Platyceps ventromaculatus
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Platyceps.
