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Genus of snakes

Scaphiodontophis

Scaphiodontophis venustissimus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Sibynophiinae
Genus:	Scaphiodontophis Taylor & H.M. Smith, 1943

Scaphiodontophis is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is native to Mexico, Central America, and Colombia.

Species

The following two species are recognized as being valid.

Scaphiodontophis annulatus (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – Guatemala neckband snake
Scaphiodontophis venustissimus (Günther, 1893) – common neckband snake

References

^ Genus Scaphiodontophis at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

Taylor EH, Smith HM (1943). "A Review of the American Sibynophine Snakes, with the Proposal of a New Genus". University of Kansas Science Bulletin 29: 301–337. (Scaphiodontophis, new genus, pp. 302–303).

Taxon identifiers
Scaphiodontophis	Wikidata: Q2695036 Wikispecies: Scaphiodontophis ADW: Scaphiodontophis CoL: 63RBP EoL: 34832 GBIF: 2457069 iNaturalist: 28729 IRMNG: 1207548 ITIS: 585672 NCBI: 703967

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