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Sympholis
Mexican short-tailed snake (Sympholis lippiens) from Sonora, México
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Sympholis
Cope, 1861
Species: S. lippiens
Binomial name
Sympholis lippiens
Cope, 1861

Sympholis is a genus of snake in the family Colubridae that contains the sole species Sympholis lippiens. It is commonly known as the Mexican short-tail snake.

It is found in Mexico.

Description

It is a black snake with yellow horizontal stripes.

References

  1. Bowles, P. (2021). "Sympholis lippiens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T198517A2528486. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T198517A2528486.en. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  2. Sympholis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 11 December 2016.
  3. Sympholis lippiens at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 11 December 2016.
Taxon identifiers
Sympholis
Sympholis lippiens
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