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Coronelaps

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

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Length
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Coronelaps
Scientific classification Edit this 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)

Coronelaps is a genus of snake in the family Colubridae that contains the sole species Coronelaps lepidus.2 It is also known as the Minas Gerais snake or crowned burrowing snake.

It is endemic to Brazil.3

References

References

  1. Silveira, A.L.; Prudente, A.L. da C.; Argôlo , A.J.S.; Abrahão, C.R.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Barbo, F.E.; Costa, G.C.; Pontes, G.M.F.; Colli, G.R.; Zaher, H. el D.; Borges-Martins, M.; Martins, M.R.C.; Oliveira , M.E.; Passos, P.G.H.; Bérnils, R.S.; Sawaya, R.J.; Cechin, C.T.Z.; Guedes da Costa, T.B. (2019). "Coronelaps lepidus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019 e.T15158719A123740029. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T15158719A123740029.en.
  2. Coronelaps at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 December 2016.
  3. Coronelaps lepidus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 December 2016.