Kladirostratus is a genus of snakes of the family Lamprophiidae. Members of this genus are known as Branch's beaked snakes.[1][2]
| Kladirostratus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Psammophiidae |
| Genus: | Kladirostratus Conradie, Keates & Edwards, 2019 |
| Species | |
Taxonomy
editBoth members of Kladirostratus were originally placed in Psammophylax, but morphological and genetic evidence revealed that the species form a lineage that is sister to Psammophylax.[1]
Species
edit- Kladirostratus acutus (Günther, 1888) - striped beaked snake, beaked skaapstekker
- Kladirostratus togoensis (Matschie, 1893) - northern sharp-nosed skaapsteker
References
edit- ^ a b Keates, Chad; Conradie, Werner; Greenbaum, Eli; Edwards, Shelley (2019). "A snake in the grass: Genetic structuring of the widespread African grass snake (Psammophylax Fitzinger 1843), with the description of a new genus and a new species". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 57 (4): 1039–1066. doi:10.1111/jzs.12337. ISSN 1439-0469.
- ^ Genus Kladirostratus at The Reptile Database.