Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.
 
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Genus
Lygophis
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South American Striped Ground Snakes
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Südamerikanische Gestreifte Bodennattern, Goldbauchnattern
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Sydamerikanske Stribede Jordsnoge
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1843 |  |
Lygophis Fitzinger (type species: Coluber lineatus Linnaeus 1758) |
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1878 | |
Aporophis Cope [substitute name for Lygophis Fitzinger 1843] |
Contents:
8 species, of which 2 (25.0%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
Previously included in
Liophis (e.g., Williams & Wallach 1989). Revalidated by Zaher, Grazziotin, Cadle, Murphy, Moura-Leite & Bonatto (2009), but this action was considered premature by Curcio, Piacentini & Fernandes (2009).
Distribution:
South America.
Reported from:
Argentina,
Bolivia,
Brazil
(Amapa,
Amazonas,
Bahia,
Ceara,
Distrito Federal,
Espirito Santo,
Goias,
Maranhao,
Mato Grosso,
Mato Grosso do Sul,
Minas Gerais,
Para
[incl.
Marajo Island],
Paraiba,
Parana,
Pernambuco,
Piaui,
Rio Grande do Norte,
Rio Grande do Sul,
Rondonia,
Roraima,
Santa Catarina,
Sao Paulo,
Tocantins),
Colombia,
Ecuador,
French Guiana,
Guyana,
Panama,
Paraguay,
Surinam,
Uruguay,
Venezuela.
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Lygophis anomalus
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Yellow-striped Ground Snake, Yellow-lined Snake
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Parana-Goldbauchnattern
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Gulstribet Jordsnog
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1858 | |
Coronella anomala Günther |
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Rhadinaea anomala Boulenger 1894 |
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Liophis anomala Amaral 1925 |
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Lygophis anomalus Zaher, Grazziotin, Cadle, Murphy, Moura-Leite & Bonatto 2009 |
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1862 | |
Lygophis rutilus Cope (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970; Dixon 1985) |
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1863 | |
Coronella pulchella Jan (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970; Dixon 1985) |
Remarks:
Previously included elegantissimus.
Only a single, confirmed record of this species from Paraguay, which lacks exact locality data
(Cacciali, Scott, Aquino-Ortiz, Fitzgerald & Smith 2016; Panzera, Guerrero & Manayro 2017).
Presence in this country is herein regarded as unconfirmed, following the latter authors.
Other records from Paraguay as well as several from Argentina are based on misidentifications of other species (almadensis, ceii, vanzolinii)
(Panzera, Guerrero & Manayro 2017).
Known in Brazil only from Rio Grande do Sul.
Records from other states are considered erroneous (Costa & Bérnils 2018).
Distribution:
Argentina,
Brazil
(Rio Grande do Sul),
Uruguay.
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Lygophis dilepis
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Northern Striped Ground Snake, (Lined Ground Snake)
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Nördliche Gestreifte Erdnatter
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Nordlig Stribet Jordsnog
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1862 | |
Lygophis dilepis Cope |
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Aporophis dilepis Cope 1885 |
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Lygophis lineatus dilepis Hoge 1953 |
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Liophis lineatus dilepis Dixon 1980 |
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Liophis dilepis Michaud & Dixon 1987 |
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1928 | |
Aporophis lineatus lativittatus Müller (Lema 1989) |
Distribution:
Argentina,
Bolivia,
Brazil
(Bahia,
Ceara,
Goias,
Maranhao,
Mato Grosso do Sul,
Minas Gerais,
Paraiba,
Pernambuco,
Piaui,
Rio Grande do Norte),
Paraguay.
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Lygophis elegantissimus
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Spotted Striped Ground Snake
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Venus-Erdnatter
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Venus-jordsnog
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1895 | |
Rhadinaea elegantissima Koslowsky |
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Liophis anomalus elegantissima Gallardo 1977 |
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Liophis elegantissima Miranda, Couturier & Williams 1982 |
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Lygophis elegantissimus Zaher, Grazziotin, Cadle, Murphy, Moura-Leite & Bonatto 2009 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of anomalus (e.g., Peters & Orejas-Mianda 1970).
Distribution:
Argentina.
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Lygophis flavifrenatus
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Yellow-lined Ground Snake, (Cope's Legion Snake)
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Gelbbändige Erdnatter
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Gulbåndet Jordsnog
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1862 | |
Lygophis flavifrenatus Cope |
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Aporophis flavifrenatus Cope 1885 |
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Dromicus flavifrenatus Boulenger 1886 |
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Liophis flavifrenatus Dixon 1980 |
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1867 | |
Dromicus amabilis Jan (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970) |
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1927 | |
Zamenis parallelus Vogt (Kucharzewski & Tillack 2006) |
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1929 | |
Zamenis vogti Werner [substitute name for Zamenis parallelus Vogt 1927] (Kucharzewski & Tillack 2006) |
Remarks:
Claimed to occur in Uruguay by Vanzolini (1986) and Achaval & Olmos (2003), but according to Dixon (1989) the distribution of the species does not include this country.
Distribution:
Argentina,
Brazil
(Mato Grosso do Sul,
Parana,
Rio Grande do Sul,
Santa Catarina,
Sao Paulo),
Paraguay,
Uruguay.
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Lygophis lineatus
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Western Striped Ground Snake, (Lined Ground Snake)
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Westliche Gestreifte Erdnatter
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Vestlig Stribet Jordsnog
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1758 | |
Coluber lineatus Linnaeus |
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Natrix lineatus Merrem 1820 |
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Herpetodryas lineatus Schlegel 1837 |
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Lygophis lineatus Fitzinger 1843 |
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Dromicus lineatus Duméril 1853 |
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Aporophis lineatus Cope 1878 |
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Liophis lineatus Dixon 1980 |
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1758 | |
Coluber minervae Linnaeus (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970) |
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1766 | |
Coluber jaculatrix Linnaeus (status uncertain; Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970) |
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1826 | |
Coluber terlineatus Lacepede (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970) |
Distribution:
Brazil
(Amapa,
Maranhao,
Para
[incl.
Marajo Island],
Roraima),
Colombia,
Ecuador,
French Guiana,
Guyana,
Panama,
Surinam,
Venezuela.
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Lygophis meridionalis
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Paraguayan Striped Ground Snake
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Südliche Goldbauchnatter
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Paraguayisk Stribet Jordsnog
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1901 | |
Aporophis lineatus var. meridionalis Schenkel |
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Lygophis lineatus meridionalis Hoge 1953 |
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Liophis lineatus meridionalis Dixon 1980 |
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Liophis meridionalis Michaud & Dixon 1987 |
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Lygophis meridionalis Zaher, Grazziotin, Cadle, Murphy, Moura-Leite & Bonatto 2009 |
Distribution:
Argentina,
Bolivia,
Brazil
(Amazonas,
Bahia,
Distrito Federal,
Espirito Santo,
Goias,
Maranhao,
Mato Grosso,
Mato Grosso do Sul,
Minas Gerais,
Para
[incl.
Marajo Island],
Parana,
Rondonia,
Sao Paulo,
Tocantins),
Paraguay.
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Lygophis paucidens
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Cerrado Striped Ground Snake
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Cerrado-Erdnatter
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Cerrado-jordsnog
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1953 | |
Lygophis paucidens Hoge |
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Liophis paucidens Dixon 1980 |
Remarks:
Not mentioned for Mato Grosso do Sul by
Ferreira, Terra, Piatti, Delatorre, Strüssmann, Béda, Kawashita-Ribeiro, Landgref-Filho, Aoki, Campos, Souza, Ávila, Duleba, Martins, Rita & Albuquerque (2017).
Distribution:
Brazil
(Bahia,
Distrito Federal,
Goias,
Maranhao,
Mato Grosso,
Minas Gerais,
Pernambuco,
Piaui,
Tocantins),
Paraguay.
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Lygophis vanzolinii
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Argentine Striped Ground Snake
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Argentinische Gestreifte Erdnatter
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Argentinsk Stribet Jordsnog
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1985 | |
Liophis vanzolinii Dixon |
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Lygophis vanzolinii Zaher, Grazziotin, Cadle, Murphy, Moura-Leite & Bonatto 2009 |
Distribution:
Argentina.
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