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Phimophis

Phimophis
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.


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