Chapinophis xanthocheilus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Chapinophis
Species: Chapinophis xanthocheilus

Name

Chapinophis Campbell & Smith, 1998: 210

• Holotype: UTA R-35919, adult ♂, collected for Ron F. Savage on 8 April 1993.
• Type locality: “approximately 5 km ENE Finca Miranda on trail to Aldea Vega Larga, 2300 m, Baja Verapaz, Guatemala”.

References

Primary references

• Campbell, J.A. & Smith, E.N. 1998. A new genus and species of Colubrid snake from the Sierra de las Minas of Guatemala. Herpetologica 54(2): 207–220. JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Johnson, J., Acevedo, M., Stafford, P., Campbell, J. & Ariano-Sánchez, D. 2013. IUCN: Chapinophis xanthocheilus  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T29481A2790420. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T29481A2790420.en. Accessed on 29 January 2026.