Lygophis Fitzinger 1843

Lygophis is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Panama and South America.

Species

The genus Lygophis contains the following eight species which are recognized as being valid.^[1]

• Lygophis anomalus (Günther, 1858)
• Lygophis dilepis Cope, 1862 - Lema's ground snake, Lema’s striped snake
• Lygophis elegantissimus (Koslowsky, 1896)
• Lygophis flavifrenatus Cope, 1862 - fronted ground snake
• Lygophis lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758) - lined ground snake
• Lygophis meridionalis (Schenkel, 1902)
• Lygophis paucidens Hoge, 1953 - Hoge's ground snake
• Lygophis vanzolinii (Dixon, 1985) - Vanzolini's ground snake

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

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