Lygophis

Lygophis
Lygophis lineatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Dipsadinae
Genus:	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.

• 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.

Further reading

• Fitzinger L (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (Lygophis, new genus, p. 26). (in Latin).
• Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Genus Lygophis, p. 103).
• Zaher H, Grazziotin PG, Cadle JE, Murphy RW, Moura-Leite JC, Bonatto SL (2009). "Molecular phylogeny of advanced snakes (Serpentes, Caenophidia) with an emphasis on South American Xenodontines: a revised classification and descriptions of new taxa". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo 49 (11): 115–153. ("Lygophis Fitzinger, 1843 resurrected", p. 147). (in English, with abstracts in English and Portuguese).
• https://serpientesdevenezuela.org/lygophis-lineatus/