Hypsiscopus

Hypiscopus plumbea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Homalopsoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Homalopsoidea

Familia: Homalopsidae
Genus: Hypsiscopus
Species (5): H. indonesiensis – H. matannensis – H. murphyi – H. plumbeus – H. wettsteini

Name

Hypsiscopus Fitzinger, 1843: 25

• Type species: Homalopsis plumbea Boie, 1827, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Fitzinger, L. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus primus. Amblyglossae. Braumüller et Seidel: Wien. vi + 106 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Murphy, J.C. & Voris, H.K. 2014. A Checklist and Key to the Homalopsid Snakes (Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes), with the Description of New Genera. Fieldiana: Life and Earth Sciences 8: 1–43. Reference page. 
• Bernstein, J.M., Voris, H.K., Stuart, B.L., Phimmachak, S., Seateun, S., Sivongxay, N., Neang, T., Karns, D.R., Andrews, H.L., Osterhage, J., Phipps, E.A. & Ruane, S. 2022. Undescribed Diversity in a Widespread, Common Group of Asian Mud Snakes (Serpentes: Homalopsidae: Hypsiscopus). Ichthyology & Herpetology 110(3): 561–574. DOI: 10.1643/h2022015 Reference page. 
• Hamidy, A., Zakky, Q., Fitriyana, N. & Endarwin, W. 2023. A new species of water snake genus Hypsiscopus (Serpentes: Homalopsidae) from Sulawesi, Indonesia. Treubia 50(1): 21–38. DOI: 10.14203/treubia.v50i1.4511 Reference page. 
• David, P. & Vogel, G. 2024. On the status of Helicops wettsteini Amaral, 1929, a senior synonym of Hypsiscopus murphyi (SERPENTES: Homalopsidae). Zootaxa 5415(2): 300–308. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5415.2.4 Reference page. 
• Bernstein, J.M., Murphy, R.W., Lathrop, A., Nguyen, S.N., Orlov, N.L. & Stuart, B.L. 2024. Incorporating New Datatypes to Enhance Species Delimitation: A Case Study in Rice Paddy Snakes (Homalopsidae: Hypsiscopus). Zootaxa 5501(1): 39–55. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5501.1.2 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., Reyes, F., Kudera, J. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Hypsiscopus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 May 2025.

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