Xylophis

Xylophis is a small genus of snakes in the family Pareidae. The genus contains five species, all of which are endemic to the Western Ghats in southern India. They constitute the monotypic subfamily Xylophiinae. They are the only pareid snakes found in India and the only snakes in the family found outside Southeast Asia.

Species
The following five species are recognized as being valid:
 * Xylophis captaini Gower & Winkler, 2007 — Captain's wood snake, Captain's xylophis
 * Xylophis deepaki Narayanan, Mohapatra, Balan, Das, & Gower, 2021 — Deepak's wood snake
 * Xylophis mosaicus Deepak, Narayanan, Das, Rajkumar, Easa, Sreejith, & Gower, 2020 — Anamalai wood snake
 * Xylophis perroteti (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) — Perrotet's mountain snake, striped narrow-headed snake
 * Xylophis stenorhynchus (Günther, 1875) — Günther's mountain snake