Psomophis is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to South America.
| Psomophis | |
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| Psomophis joberti | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
| Genus: | Psomophis Myers & Cadle, 1994 |
Species
editThe genus Psomophis contains three species which are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Psomophis genimaculatus (Boettger, 1885) – spirit diminutive snake, spirit ground snake, cobra-cabelo
- Psomophis joberti (Sauvage, 1884) – Jobert's ground snake, cobra-corredeira
- Psomophis obtusus (Cope, 1864) – wide ground snake, corredeira-do-banhado
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Psomophis.
References
edit- ^ Genus Psomophis at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
edit- Myers, Charles W.; Cadle, John E. (1994). "A New Genus for South American Snakes Related to Rhadinaea obtusa Cope (Colubridae) and Resurrection of Taeniophallus Cope for the “Rhadinaea” brevirostris Group". American Museum Novitates (3102): 1-33. (Psomophis, new genus, p. 6).
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