Sympholis
Appearance
Sympholis | |
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Mexican short-tailed snake (Sympholis lippiens) from Sonora, México | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Sympholis Cope, 1861 |
Species: | S. lippiens
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Binomial name | |
Sympholis lippiens Cope, 1861
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Sympholis is a genus of snake in the family Colubridae that contains the sole species Sympholis lippiens.[1] It is commonly known as the Mexican short-tail snake.
Description
It is a black snake with yellow horizontal stripes.
References
- ^ Sympholis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 11 December 2016.
- ^ Sympholis lippiens at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 11 December 2016.