Psomophis

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

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

Species

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

• Psomophis genimaculatus (Boettger, 1885) – spirit diminutive snake, spirit ground snake, cobra-cabelo
• Psomophis joberti (Sauvage, 1884) – Jobert's ground snake, cobra-corredeira
• Psomophis obtusus (Cope, 1864) – wide ground snake, corredeira-do-banhado

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

References

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

Further reading

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