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Paraphimophis
Genus of snakes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Paraphimophis is a genus of snake in the family Colubridae that contains the sole species Paraphimophis rusticus.[2] It is commonly known as the Culebra.
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Paraphimophis Grazziotin, Zaher, Murphy, Scrocchi, Benavides, Zhang & Bonatto, 2012 |
Species: | P. rusticus |
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Paraphimophis rusticus (Cope, 1878) | |
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It is endemic to South America, and can be found in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay.[3]