Platyceps
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| Platyceps | |
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| Platyceps najadum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Colubrinae |
| Genus: | Platyceps Blyth, 1860 |
Platyceps is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae endemic to Eurasia.
The genus was erected in 1860 by Edward Blyth, allying species previously described.
The genus name Platyceps was inadvertently used for a fossil species in 1877, now recognised as Platycepsion wilkinsoni.[1]
