Brazilian burrowing snake

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

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

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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