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 Psomophis Biodiversity of the family Colubridae Genus Psomophis Smooth Ground Snakes Glanz-Erdnattern Sydamerikanske Silkejordsnoge 1994 Psomophis Myers & Cadle (type species: Rhadinaea obtusa Cope 1863) Contents: 3 species, of which 1 (33.3%) is endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Distribution: South America. Reported from: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (Amazonas, Bahia, Ceara, Goias, Maranhao, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Para [incl. Marajo Island], Paraiba, Pernambuco, Piaui, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Sao Paulo, Tocantins), Paraguay, Uruguay. Psomophis genimaculatus Spirit Ground Snake, Paraguayan Ground Snake Paraguayische Glanz-Erdnatter Paraguayisk Silkejordsnog 1885 Liophis genimaculata Boettger Rhadinaea genimaculata Boulenger 1894 Psomophis genimaculatus Myers & Cadle 1994 Remarks: Previously regarded as a synonym of joberti (e.g., Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970). Revalidated by Myers & Cadle (1994). Distribution: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul), Paraguay. Psomophis joberti Brazilian Ground Snake Brasilianische Glanz-Erdnatter Brasiliansk Silkejordsnog 1884 Enicognathus Joberti Sauvage Liophis joberti Hoge 1958 Psomophis joberti Myers & Cadle 1994 Remarks: Previously included genimaculatus. 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 (Amazonas, Bahia, Ceara, Goias, Maranhao, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Para [incl. Marajo Island], Paraiba, Piaui, Rio Grande do Norte, Sao Paulo, Tocantins). Psomophis obtusus Red-bellied Ground Snake, Wide Ground Snake Rotbauch-Glanz-Erdnatter Rødbuget Silkejordsnog 1863 Rhadinaea obtusa Cope Coronella obtusa Boulenger 1885 Liophis obtusus Amaral 1929 Psomophis obtusus Myers & Cadle 1994 Distribution: Argentina, Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul), Paraguay, Uruguay.