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Scaphiodontophis

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Scaphiodontophis
Scaphiodontophis venustissimus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Sibynophiinae
Genus: Scaphiodontophis
Taylor & H.M. Smith, 1943

Scaphiodontophis is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae.[1] The genus is native to Mexico, Central America, and Colombia.

Species

The following two species are recognized as being valid.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Genus Scaphiodontophis at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • Taylor EH, Smith HM (1943). "A Review of the American Sibynophine Snakes, with the Proposal of a New Genus". University of Kansas Science Bulletin 29: 301–337. (Scaphiodontophis, new genus, pp. 302–303).