Telescopus
Telescopus, the Old World catsnakes, is a genus of 12 species of mildly venomous opisthoglyphous snakes in the family Colubridae.
| Telescopus | |
|---|---|
| T. semiannulatus in an acacia, central Tanzania | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Colubrinae |
| Genus: | Telescopus Wagler, 1830 |
| Type species | |
| T. fallax Fleischmann, 1831 | |
| Synonyms | |
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