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    Brazilian burrowing snake

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    Brazilian burrowing snake
    Conservation status

    Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
    Scientific classification Edit this classification
    Domain: Eukaryota
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
    Class: Reptilia
    Order: Squamata
    Suborder: Serpentes
    Family: Colubridae
    Genus: Gomesophis
    Hoge & Mertens, 1959
    Species:
    G. brasiliensis
    Binomial name
    Gomesophis brasiliensis
    (Gomes, 1918)
    Synonyms
    • Tachymenis brasiliensis

    The Brazilian burrowing snake (Gomesophis brasiliensis) is a snake[2] endemic to Brazil.[3] It is monotypic in the genus Gomesophis.

    References[edit]

    1. ^ Silveira, A.L., Prudente, A.L. da C., Argôlo , A.J.S., Abrahão, C.R., Nogueira, C. de C., Strüssmann , C., Loebmann, D., Barbo, F.E., Franco, F.L., Costa, G.C., de Moura, G.J.B., Zaher, H. el D., Borges-Martins, M., Martins, M.R.C., Oliveira , M.E., Hoogmoed, M.S., Marques, O.A.V., Passos, P.G.H., Bérnils, R.S., Kawashita-Ribeiro, R.A., Sawaya, R.J. & da Costa, T.B.G. (2019). Gomesophis brasiliensis. In: IUCN 2019. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022.2.
    2. ^ Gomesophis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 December 2016.
    3. ^ Gomesophis brasiliensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 December 2016.


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