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Apostolepis  Cope, 1862
Taxonomic Serial No.: 700285

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Parapostolepis Amaral, 1930
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2017   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758 – Snakes, cobra, serpente, serpents  
                               InfraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923  
                                  FamilyColubridae Oppel, 1811 – Colubrids, Typical Snakes  
                                     SubfamilyDipsadinae Bonaparte, 1838  
                                        GenusApostolepis Cope, 1862  
    Direct Children:  
                                           Species Apostolepis albicollaris de Lema, 2002  
                                           Species Apostolepis ambiniger (Peters, 1869)  
                                           Species Apostolepis ammodites Ferrarezzi, Erritto Barbo and España Albuquerque, 2005  
                                           Species Apostolepis arenaria Rodrigues, 1993  
                                           Species Apostolepis assimilis (Reinhardt, 1861) – Reinhardt's Burrowing Snake 
                                           Species Apostolepis borellii Peracca, 1904  
                                           Species Apostolepis breviceps Harvey, Gonzales and Scrocchi, 2001  
                                           Species Apostolepis cearensis Gomes, 1915 – Gomes' Burrowing Snake 
                                           Species Apostolepis cerradoensis de Lema, 2003  
                                           Species Apostolepis christineae de Lema, 2002  
                                           Species Apostolepis dimidiata (Jan, 1862)  
                                           Species Apostolepis dorbignyi (Schlegel, 1837) – Bolivian Burrowing Snake 
                                           Species Apostolepis flavotorquata (A. M. C. Duméril, Bibron and A. H. A. Duméril, 1854) – Central Burrowing Snake 
                                           Species Apostolepis gaboi Rodrigues, 1993  
                                           Species Apostolepis goiasensis Prado, 1942 – Goias Burrowing Snake 
                                           Species Apostolepis intermedia Koslowsky, 1898 – Mato Grosso Burrowing Snake 
                                           Species Apostolepis lineata Cope, 1887  
                                           Species Apostolepis longicaudata Gomes, 1921 – Longhead Burrowing Snake 
                                           Species Apostolepis mariae Borges-Nojosa, Lima, Bezerra and Harris, 2017  
                                           Species Apostolepis multicincta Harvey, 1999  
                                           Species Apostolepis nelsonjorgei de Lema and Renner, 2004  
                                           Species Apostolepis niceforoi Amaral, 1935 – Amazon Burrowing Snake 
                                           Species Apostolepis nigrolineata (Peters, 1869)  
                                           Species Apostolepis nigroterminata Boulenger, 1896 – Peru Burrowing Snake 
                                           Species Apostolepis phillipsae Harvey, 1999  
                                           Species Apostolepis polylepis Amaral, 1921  
                                           Species Apostolepis pymi Boulenger, 1903  
                                           Species Apostolepis quirogai Giraudo and Scrocchi, 1998  
                                           Species Apostolepis serrana de Lema and Renner, 2006  
                                           Species Apostolepis striata de Lema, 2004  
                                           Species Apostolepis tenuis Ruthven, 1927 – Ruthven's Burrowing Snake 
                                           Species Apostolepis tertulianobeui de Lema, 2004  
                                           Species Apostolepis thalesdelemai Borges-Nojosa, Lima, Bezerra and Harris, 2017  
                                           Species Apostolepis vittata (Cope, 1887)  
       

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  Source: Snake Species of the World, vol. undetermined, manuscript (version 2004)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: Working manuscript of follow-up volumes to McDiarmid et al. (1999), "Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1"   
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