Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022. Taxonomy of the family Colubridae Bibliography of the genus Paraphimophis Biodiversity of the family Colubridae Genus Paraphimophis Rusty Snake Eater Rost-Schlangenfresser Rustfarvet Slangeæder 2012 Paraphimophis Zaher, Grazziotin, Murphy, Scrocchi, Altamirano, Benavides, Zhang & Bonatto in Grazziotin, Zaher, Murphy, Scrocchi, Benavides, Zhang & Bonatto (type species: Oxyrrhopus rusticus Cope 1878) Contents: 1 species, which is not endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Distribution: As for the single species. Meristic and other data of the world's snakes. Compiled by V. Wallach Key to abbreviations Head drawings of the genus Paraphimophis. Compiled by V. Wallach Paraphimophis rusticus Rusty Snake Eater, Smooth Brown Snake Eater Rost-Schlangenfresser Rustfarvet Slangeæder 1878 Oxyrrhopus rusticus Cope Pseudoboa rustica Serié 1921 Clelia rustica Bailey in Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Paraphimophis rusticus Grazziotin, Zaher, Murphy, Scrocchi, Benavides, Zhang & Bonatto 2012 Remarks: Although often reported to occur in Paraguay (e.g., Schouten 1937; Norman 1994; Scott, Giraudo, Scrocchi, Cacciali & Motte 2006), presence in the country needs confirmation. Nevertheless, the species is likely to occur in Paraguay (Cacciali, Scott, Aquino-Ortiz, Fitzgerald & Smith 2016). Distribution: Argentina, Brazil (Minas Gerais, Parana, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo), Uruguay.