Coronelaps

Coronelaps is a genus of snake in the family Colubridae that contains the sole species Coronelaps lepidus.[1] It is also known as the Minas Gerais snake or crowned burrowing snake.

Coronelaps
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Coronelaps
Lema & Deiques, 2010
Species:
C. lepidus
Binomial name
Coronelaps lepidus
(Reinhardt, 1861)

It is endemic to Brazil.[2]

References

  1. Coronelaps at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 December 2016.
  2. Coronelaps lepidus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 December 2016.
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