Ocyophis Cope, 1886

Grazziotin, Hussam Zaher 1 Felipe Gobbi, Cadle, John E., Murphy, Robert W., Moura-Leite, Julio Cesar de & Bonatto, Sandro L., 2009, Molecular phylogeny of advanced snakes (Serpentes, Caenophidia) with an emphasis on South American Xenodontines: a revised classification and descriptions of new taxa, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 49 (11), pp. 115-153 : 147

Ocyophis Cope, 1886 resurrected

Type species: Natrix atra Gosse, 1851 , by original designation.

Diagnosis: Lobular crotch and medial surface of hemipenial lobes ornamented with well-developed, horizontally directed papillate flounces; asulcate surfaces of lobes completely nude and bearing a large overhanging edge of the capitulum; expanded papillate circular area present on the lobular crotch.

Content: Ocyophis anomalus Peters, 1863 ; Ocyophis ater Gosse, 1851 ; Ocyophis cantherigerus Bibron, 1840 ; Ocyophis melanichnus Cope, 1863 ; Ocyophis portoricensis Reinhardt & Lütken, 1863 ; Ocyophis vudii Cope, 1863 .