Homalopsinae

Taxobox
name = Homalopsinae


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image_caption = New Guinea Bockadam "Cerberus rynchops"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Sauropsida
subclassis = Diapsida
infraclassis = Lepidosauromorpha
superordo = Lepidosauria
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
infraordo = Alethinophidia
familia = Colubridae
subfamilia = Homalopsinae
subfamilia_authority =
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Bitia"
"Brachyorrhos" (disputed)
"Cantoria"
"Cerberus"
"Enhydris"
"Erpeton"
"Fordonia"
"Gerarda"
"Heurnia"
"Homalopsis"
"Myron"

Homalopsinae is a sub-family of Colubridae which contains some 10 genera and about 4 dozen species. They are typically stout-bodied water snakes, and all are mildly venomous. The genus "Brachyorrhos" may belong elsewhere.

External links

* [http://homalopsinae.com Homalopsisnae.com]
* [http://www.fieldmuseum.org/aquaticsnakes/mud_snakes.html Aquatic Snakes: Mud Snakes]