Caraiba, Mollov, 2009

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 : 148

Caraiba new genus

Type-species: Liophis andreae Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862 .

Etymology: Caraiba , in allusion to the “mar das Caraibas,” a Portuguese designation of the Caribbean region, gender feminine.

Diagnosis: Long lobes ornamented with spinulate calyces on the sulcate surface; enlarged, transverse papillate flounces on the asulcate surface; papillate flounces decrease in size proximal to distal.

Content: Caraiba andreae (Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862) new combination.