''Siphlophis'' is a

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of snakes of the

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Colubridae Colubridae (, commonly known as colubrids , from , 'snake') is a family of snakes. With 249 genera, it is the largest snake family. The earliest fossil species of the family date back to the Late Eocene epoch, with earlier origins suspected. C ...

.. The genus is

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to the

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Geographic range

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of the genus ''Siphlophis'' are found in northern

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...

and

Central America Central America is a subregion of North America. Its political boundaries are defined as bordering Mexico to the north, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. Central America is usually ...

Species

The following seven

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are recognized as being valid. *'' Siphlophis ayauma'' - Devil’s Head spotted night snake *''

Siphlophis cervinus ''Siphlophis cervinus'', the Panamanian spotted night snake or Panama spotted night snake, is a snake found in Amazonian South America and Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago, officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the sou ...

'' - Panamanian spotted night snake, Panama spotted night snake *''

Siphlophis compressus ''Siphlophis compressus'' the tropical flat snake, is a snake found in tropical Central America, Central and South America and Trinidad and Tobago. It feeds on small lizards, other snakes, small mammals and probably on frogs and nestling birds, ...

'' - tropical flat snake *''

Siphlophis leucocephalus ''Siphlophis leucocephalus'', commonly known as the common spotted night snake, is a species of snake of the family Colubridae. It is endemic to southeastern Brazil and known from Bahia, Goiás, and Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is one of th ...

'' - common spotted night snake *''

Siphlophis longicaudatus ''Siphlophis longicaudatus'', the Brazilian spotted night snake, is a snake found in Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies ...

'' - Brazilian spotted night snake *''

Siphlophis pulcher ''Siphlophis pulcher'', the Guanabara spotted night snake, is a snake found in Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by are ...

'' - Guanabara spotted night snake *''

Siphlophis worontzowi ''Siphlophis worontzowi'', Worontzow's spotted night snake, is a snake found in Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features ...

'' - Worontzow's spotted night snake ''

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'': A

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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Siphlophis''.

Etymology

The

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, ''worontzowi'', is in honor of Brazilian entomologist Cesar Worontzow.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Siphlophis worontzowi'', p. 289).

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