Brazilian burrowing snake

The Brazilian burrowing snake (Gomesophis brasiliensis) is a snake[1] endemic to Brazil.[2] It is monotypic in the genus Gomesophis.

Brazilian burrowing snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Gomesophis
Hoge & Mertens, 1959
Species:
G. brasiliensis
Binomial name
Gomesophis brasiliensis
(Gomes, 1918)
Synonyms
  • Tachymenis brasiliensis

References

  1. Gomesophis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 December 2016.
  2. Gomesophis brasiliensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 December 2016.


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