# Omoadiphas

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{{Short description|Genus of snakes}}
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| taxon = Omoadiphas
| authority = [G. Köhler](/source/Gunther_K%C3%B6hler), [Wilson](/source/%3Afr%3ALarry_David_Wilson) & [McCranie](/source/James_Randall_McCranie), 2001
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'''''Omoadiphas''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of snakes in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Colubridae](/source/Colubridae). The genus is [endemic](/source/Endemism) to [Honduras](/source/Honduras).

==Species and geographic ranges==
The following three species are recognized as being valid. Each is found in a different mountain range in a different [department of Honduras](/source/Departments_of_Honduras).<ref>{{EMBL genus|genus=Omoadopsas}}</ref>
*''[Omoadiphas aurula](/source/Omoadiphas_aurula)'' {{small|[G. Köhler](/source/Gunther_K%C3%B6hler), [Wilson](/source/%3Afr%3ALarry_David_Wilson) & [McCranie](/source/James_Randall_McCranie), 2001}} – Sierra de Omoa, [Cortés Department](/source/Cort%C3%A9s_Department)
*''[Omoadiphas cannula](/source/Omoadiphas_cannula)'' {{small|McCranie & [Cruz Díaz](/source/Gustavo_A._Cruz_D%C3%ADaz), 2010}} – Sierra de Agalta, [Olancho Department](/source/Olancho_Department)
*''[Omoadiphas texiguatensis](/source/Omoadiphas_texiguatensis)'' {{small|McCranie & [Castañeda](/source/Franklin_E._Casta%C3%B1eda), 2004}} – Cordillera Nombre de Dios, [Yoro Department](/source/Yoro_Department)

==References==
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==Further reading==
*[Köhler G](/source/Gunther_K%C3%B6hler), [Wilson LD](/source/%3Afr%3ALarry_David_Wilson), [McCranie JR](/source/%3Afr%3AJames_Randall_McCranie) (2001). "A new genus and species of colubrid snake from the Sierra de Omoa of northwestern Honduras (Reptilia, Squamata)". ''Senckenbergiana biologica''  '''81''': 269–276. (''Omoadiphas'', new genus; ''O. aurula'', new species). 
*McCranie JR (2015). "A checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Honduras, with additions, comments on taxonomy, some recent taxonomic decisions, and areas of further studies needed". ''Zootaxa'' '''3931''' (3): 352–386.

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Category:Omoadiphas
Category:Snake genera
Category:Taxa named by Gunther Köhler
Category:Taxa named by James Randall McCranie

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