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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.


Taxonomy of the family Colubridae
Bibliography of the genus Gomesophis
Biodiversity of the family Colubridae








Genus
Gomesophis

Brazilian Burrowing Snake

Brasilianische Wühlnatter

Brasiliansk Gravesnog

1959 Gomesophis Hoge & Mertens (type species: Tachymenis brasiliensis Gomes 1918)
Contents: 1 species, which is endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Distribution: As for the single species.

Meristic and other data
of the world's snakes.
Compiled by
V. Wallach
Key to abbreviations


Head drawings of the
genus Gomesophis.
Compiled by
V. Wallach

Gomesophis brasiliensis

Brazilian Burrowing Snake

Brasilianische Wühlnatter

Brasiliansk Gravesnog

1918 Tachymenis Brasiliensis Gomes
Gomesophis brasiliensis Hoge & Mertens 1959

Remarks: Records from Mato Grosso do Sul need confirmation (Ferreira, Terra, Piatti, Delatorre, Strüssmann, Béda, Kawashita-Ribeiro, Landgref-Filho, Aoki, Campos, Souza, Ávila, Duleba, Martins, Rita & Albuquerque 2017).
Distribution: Brazil (Distrito Federal, Minas Gerais, Parana, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo).