Phimophis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Dipsadidae |
Genus: |
Phimophis Cope, 1860 |
Phimophis is a genus of snakes in the family Dipsadidae. The genus is endemic to South America.
Three species are recognized as being valid.
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Phimophis.
The specific name, guerini, is in honor of French entomologist Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville.