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Psomophis
Genus of snakes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Psomophis is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to South America.
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Species
The 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.
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