Conopsis

Conopsis nasus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Conopsis
Species (6): C. acuta – C. amphisticha – C. biserialis – C. lineata – C. megalodon – C. nasus

Name

Conopsis Günther, 1858: 6

• Type species: Conopsis nasus Günther, 1858, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Toluca Kennicott in Cope, 1860: 241
  • Type species: Toluca lineata Kennicott, 1860, by original designation.
• Oxyrhina Jan, 1862: 59 [nomen praeoccupatum pro Oxyrhina Agassiz, 1838]
  • Type species: Oxyrhina varians Jan, 1862, by monotypy.
• Achyrhina Jan, 1862: 61
  • Type species: Oxyrhina (Achyrhina) defilippi Jan, 1862, by monotypy.
• Exorhina Jan, 1862: 61
  • Type species: Oxyrhina (Exorhina) maculata Jan, 1862, by monotypy.
• Epirhina Jan, 1862: 62
  • Type species: Epirhina tessellata Jan, 1862, by monotypy.
• Ogmius Cope, 1869 [nomen substitutum pro Oxyrhina Jan, 1862]

References

Primary references

• Günther, A. 1858. Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History): London. xvi + 281 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1860. Catalogue of the Colubridae in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, with notes and descriptions of new species. Part 2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 241–266. BHL Reference page. 
• Jan, G. 1862. Enumerazione sistematico delle specie d'ofidi del gruppo Calamaridae. Archivio per la zoologia, l'anatomia e la fisiologia 2: 1–76. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Goyenechea, I. & Flores-Villela, O. 2002. Taxonomic status of the snake genera Conopsis and Toluca (Colubridae). Journal of Herpetology 36(1): 92–95. DOI: 10.2307/1565807 JSTOR Reference page. 
• Goyenechea, I. & Flores-Villela, O. 2006. Taxonomic summary of Conopsis, Günther, 1858 (Serpentes: Colubridae). Zootaxa 1271(1): 1–27. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1271.1.1 ; ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Conopsis . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 27 October 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Mexican Earth Snakes

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