Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.
 
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Genus
Psomophis
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Smooth Ground Snakes
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Glanz-Erdnattern
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Sydamerikanske Silkejordsnoge
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Psomophis Myers & Cadle (type species: Rhadinaea obtusa Cope 1863) |
Contents:
3 species, of which 1 (33.3%) is endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Distribution:
South America.
Reported from:
Argentina,
Bolivia,
Brazil
(Amazonas,
Bahia,
Ceara,
Goias,
Maranhao,
Mato Grosso,
Mato Grosso do Sul,
Minas Gerais,
Para
[incl.
Marajo Island],
Paraiba,
Pernambuco,
Piaui,
Rio Grande do Norte,
Rio Grande do Sul,
Sao Paulo,
Tocantins),
Paraguay,
Uruguay.
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Meristic and other data
of the world's snakes.
Compiled by
V. Wallach
Key to abbreviations
Head drawings of the
genus Psomophis.
Compiled by V. Wallach
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Psomophis genimaculatus
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Spirit Ground Snake, Paraguayan Ground Snake
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Paraguayische Glanz-Erdnatter
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Paraguayisk Silkejordsnog
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1885 | |
Liophis genimaculata Boettger |
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Rhadinaea genimaculata Boulenger 1894 |
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Psomophis genimaculatus Myers & Cadle 1994 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of joberti (e.g., Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970). Revalidated by Myers & Cadle (1994).
Distribution:
Argentina,
Bolivia,
Brazil
(Mato Grosso,
Mato Grosso do Sul),
Paraguay.
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Psomophis joberti
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Brazilian Ground Snake
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Brasilianische Glanz-Erdnatter
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Brasiliansk Silkejordsnog
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1884 | |
Enicognathus Joberti Sauvage |
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Liophis joberti Hoge 1958 |
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Psomophis joberti Myers & Cadle 1994 |
Remarks:
Previously included genimaculatus.
Not mentioned for Mato Grosso do Sul by
Ferreira, Terra, Piatti, Delatorre, Strüssmann, Béda, Kawashita-Ribeiro, Landgref-Filho, Aoki, Campos, Souza, Ávila, Duleba, Martins, Rita & Albuquerque (2017).
Distribution:
Brazil
(Amazonas,
Bahia,
Ceara,
Goias,
Maranhao,
Mato Grosso,
Mato Grosso do Sul,
Minas Gerais,
Para
[incl.
Marajo Island],
Paraiba,
Piaui,
Rio Grande do Norte,
Sao Paulo,
Tocantins).
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Psomophis obtusus
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Red-bellied Ground Snake, Wide Ground Snake
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Rotbauch-Glanz-Erdnatter
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Rødbuget Silkejordsnog
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1863 | |
Rhadinaea obtusa Cope |
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Coronella obtusa Boulenger 1885 |
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Liophis obtusus Amaral 1929 |
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Psomophis obtusus Myers & Cadle 1994 |
Distribution:
Argentina,
Brazil
(Rio Grande do Sul),
Paraguay,
Uruguay.
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