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 Sympholis Biodiversity of the family Colubridae Genus Sympholis Mexican Short-tailed Snake Mexikanische Kurzschwanznatter Mexicansk Korthalesnog 1862 Sympholis Cope (type species: Sympholis lippiens Cope 1861) 1862 Cheilorhina De Filippi in Jan (type species: Cheilorhina villarsii Jan 1862) 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 Sympholis. Compiled by V. Wallach Sympholis lippiens Mexican Short-tailed Snake, Banded Burrowing Snake Mexikanische Kurzschwanznatter Mexicansk Korthalesnog 1861 Sympholis lippiens Cope Geophis lippiens Garman 1983 1862 Cheilorhina villarsii Jan (Smith & Taylor 1945) 1966 Sympholis lippiens rectilimbus Hensley Distribution: Mexico (Chihuahua, Jalisco, Nayarit, Sinaloa, Sonora).