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. 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).