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| image = Amphiesma beddomei headtop.jpg<br />
| image_caption = [[Nilgiri keelback]] (''Sahyadriophis beddomei)''<br />
| taxon = Sahyadriophis<br />
| authority = Patel, Thackeray, Campbell & Mirza, 2023<br />
| type_species = ''[[Sahyadriophis uttaraghati]]''<br />
| type_species_authority = Patel, Thackeray, Campbell & Mirza, 2023<br />
| subdivision_ranks = Species<br />
| subdivision = See text<br />
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'''''Sahyadriophis''''' is a [[genus]] of snakes in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Colubridae]]. The genus is endemic to the [[Western Ghats]] of [[India]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Patel |first=Harshil |last2=Thackeray |first2=Tejas |last3=Campbell |first3=Patrick D. |last4=Mirza |first4=Zeeshan A. |date=August 2023 |title=Systematic Assessment of ''Hebius beddomei'' (Günther, 1864) (Serpentes: Colubridae: Natricinae) with Description of a New Genus and a New Allied Species from the Western Ghats, India |url=https://www.mdpi.com/2673-6500/3/3/24 |journal=Taxonomy |language=en |volume=3 |issue=3 |pages=415–434 |doi=10.3390/taxonomy3030024 |issn=2673-6500}}</ref><br />
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==Taxonomy==<br />
The genus ''Sahyadriophis'' was erected in 2023 with ''[[Sahyadriophis uttaraghati]]'' as the type species. The [[Nilgiri keelback]], formerly placed in the genus ''[[Hebius]]'', was also moved into this genus. Molecular data has recovered ''Sahyadriophis'' as the [[sister taxon]] to the [[clade]] containing ''[[Xenochrophis]]'', ''[[Fowlea]]'' and ''[[Atretium]]'', diverging from said clade during the [[late Oligocene]] or [[early Miocene]], albeit with poor support.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Deepak |first=V |last2=Cooper |first2=Natalie |last3=Poyarkov |first3=Nikolay A |last4=Kraus |first4=Fred |last5=Burin |first5=Gustavo |last6=Das |first6=Abhijit |last7=Narayanan |first7=Surya |last8=Streicher |first8=Jeffrey W |last9=Smith |first9=Sarah-Jane |last10=Gower |first10=David J |date=2021-11-30 |title=Multilocus phylogeny, natural history traits and classification of natricine snakes (Serpentes: Natricinae) |url=https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab099 |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=195 |issue=1 |pages=279–298 |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab099 |issn=0024-4082}}</ref><br />
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==Species==<br />
Two species are currently placed in this genus:<br />
* ''[[Sahyadriophis beddomei]]'' (Günther, 1864) – Nilgiri keelback<br />
* ''[[Sahyadriophis uttaraghati]]'' (Patel, Thackeray, Campbell & Mirza, 2023)<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Natricinae]]<br />
[[Category:Snake genera]]</div>Ajay Kumar