Stenorrhina

Stenorrhina is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae.^[1]

Stenorrhina
Stenorrhina freminvillei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Colubrinae
Genus:	Stenorrhina A.M.C. Duméril, 1853

Species

Two species are recognized as being valid.^[1]

• Stenorrhina degenhardtii (Berthold, 1846) - Degenhardt's scorpion-eating snake, southeastern Mexico, Central America, northwestern South America
• Stenorrhina freminvillei (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – blood snake, slaty gray snake, southern Mexico, Central America

Etymology

The specific name, freminvillei, is in honor of French naval officer and naturalist Christophe-Paulin de La Poix de Freminville.^[2]