Psomophis is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to South America.

Psomophis
Psomophis joberti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Dipsadinae
Genus: Psomophis
Myers & Cadle, 1994

Species

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The genus Psomophis contains three species which are recognized as being valid.[1]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Psomophis.

References

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  1. ^ Genus Psomophis at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

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  • 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 “Rhadinaeabrevirostris Group". American Museum Novitates (3102): 1-33. (Psomophis, new genus, p. 6).