Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates 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 Paraphimophis Biodiversity of the family Colubridae Genus Paraphimophis Rusty Snake Eater Rost-Schlangenfresser Rustfarvet Slangeæder 2012 Paraphimophis Zaher, Grazziotin, Murphy, Scrocchi, Altamirano, Benavides, Zhang & Bonatto in Grazziotin, Zaher, Murphy, Scrocchi, Benavides, Zhang & Bonatto (type species: Oxyrrhopus rusticus Cope 1878) Contents: 1 species, which is not endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Distribution: As for the single species. Paraphimophis rusticus Rusty Snake Eater, Smooth Brown Snake Eater Rost-Schlangenfresser Rustfarvet Slangeæder 1878 Oxyrrhopus rusticus Cope Pseudoboa rustica Serié 1921 Clelia rustica Bailey in Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970 Paraphimophis rusticus Grazziotin, Zaher, Murphy, Scrocchi, Benavides, Zhang & Bonatto 2012 Remarks: Although often reported to occur in Paraguay (e.g., Schouten 1937; Norman 1994; Scott, Giraudo, Scrocchi, Cacciali & Motte 2006), presence in the country needs confirmation. Nevertheless, the species is likely to occur in Paraguay (Cacciali, Scott, Aquino-Ortiz, Fitzgerald & Smith 2016). Distribution: Argentina, Brazil (Minas Gerais, Parana, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo), Uruguay.