Conopsis

Conopsis nasus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Conopsis
Species (6): C. acuta – C. amphisticha – C. biserialis – C. lineata – C. megalodon – C. nasus

Name

Conopsis Günther, 1858: 6

• Type species: Conopsis nasus Günther, 1858, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Günther, A. 1858. Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History): London. xvi + 281 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Goyenechea, I. & Flores-Villela, O. 2002. Taxonomic status of the snake genera Conopsis and Toluca (Colubridae). Journal of Herpetology 36(1): 92–95. DOI: 10.2307/1565807 JSTOR Reference page. 
• Goyenechea, I. & Flores-Villela, O. 2006. Taxonomic summary of Conopsis, Günther, 1858 (Serpentes: Colubridae). Zootaxa 1271(1): 1–27. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1271.1.1 ; ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Conopsis . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 May 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Earth Snakes

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