Geophis brachycephalus (Cope, 1871) is a animal in the Colubridae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Geophis brachycephalus (Cope, 1871)

Geophis brachycephalus (Cope, 1871)

Geophis brachycephalus, the Costa Rican earth snake, is a colubrid snake found in Costa Rica and Panama.

Family
Genus
Geophis
Order
Class
Squamata

About Geophis brachycephalus (Cope, 1871)

Geophis brachycephalus was first described by Cope in 1871. Commonly called the Costa Rican earth snake, it is a species of snake belonging to the colubrid family. This species occurs in Costa Rica and Panama.

Photo: (c) Félix Salazar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Félix Salazar · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Squamata Colubridae Geophis

More from Colubridae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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