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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 Simophis
Biodiversity of the family Colubridae








Genus
Simophis

South American False Coral Snake

São Paulo-Korallennatter

São Paulo-koralsnog

1843 Rhinaspis Fitzinger [not Rhinaspis Perty 1830 (Insecta); not Rhinaspis Bonaparte 1832 (Aves); not Rhinaspis 1834 (Serpentes)] (type species: Rhinaspis proboscideus Jan 1863)
1860 Simophis Peters (type species: Heterodon rhinostoma Schlegel 1837)
Contents: 1 species, which is not 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 Simophis.
Compiled by
V. Wallach

Simophis rhinostomus

South American False Coral Snake

São Paulo-Korallennatter

São Paulo-koralsnog

1837 Heterodon rhinostoma Schlegel
Simophis rhinostoma Peters 1960
1858 Rhinostoma schlegelii Günther (Cacciali, Scott, Günther, Sawaya, Brusquetti & Bauer 2009)
1863 Rhinaspis proboscideus Jan (Cacciali, Scott, Günther, Sawaya, Brusquetti & Bauer 2009)
1885 Rhinaspis rohdei Boettger (Cacciali, Scott, Günther, Sawaya, Brusquetti & Bauer 2009)
Simophis rohdii [sic] Boulenger 1894
Simophis rhinostoma rohdei Amaral 1929

Distribution: Brazil (Bahia, Distrito Federal, Goias, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Parana, Sao Paulo), Paraguay.