Tropidodryadini Zaher et al., 2009

Waltrick, Camilla Spengler & Giasson, Luís Olímpio Menta, 2021, Taxonomic key to the snakes (Squamata: Ophidia) species of the Itajaí Valley, Santa Catarina, Brazil, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 61, pp. 1-15 : 6

Tribe Tropidodryadini Zaher et al., 2009

Members from this tribe have a bi-calyculate and non-capitated hemipenis, with calycular regions directed laterallyandintrasulcalareawithtwolinesofenlargedspines (Zaher et al., 2009).This tribe is composed only by the sister species Tropidodryas serra (Schlegel 1837) and Tropidodryas striaticeps (Cope 1870) .They share the following characters: dorsal scale rows in 21-21-17, 8-9 supralabials, 10 infralabials,and 3 + 3 post-oculars (Thomas & Dixon,1977).