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Psomophis genimaculatus

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Species of snake

Psomophis genimaculatus
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Psomophis
Species: P. genimaculatus
Binomial name
Psomophis genimaculatus
(Boettger, 1885)

Psomophis genimaculatus, also known commonly as the spirit diminutive snake, the spirit ground snake, and cobra-cabelo in Brazilian Portuguese, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to South America.

Geographic range

P. genimaculatus is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay.

References

  1. Arzamendia, V.; Giraudo, A.; Scott, N.; Scrocchi, G. (2019). "Psomophis genimaculatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T15182322A15182328. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Species Psomophis genimaculatus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • Boettger O (1885). "Liste von Reptilien und Batrachiern aus Paraguay ". Zeitschrift fΓΌr Naturwissenschaften, Halle 58 (3): 213–248. (Liophis genimaculatus, new species, p. 229). (in German and Latin).
Taxon identifiers
Psomophis genimaculatus


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