Ninia

Ninia, commonly referred to as coffee snakes, is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus consists of 12 species that are native to south-eastern Mexico, Central America, and the northern part of South America. Some species are also found on Caribbean islands.

==Species== There are 12 species that are recognized as being valid. {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Common name !! Distribution |- |120px ||Ninia atrata || Hallowell's coffee snake|| southern Central America, Ecuador, Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago |- | ||Ninia celata || ||Costa Rica; Panama |- | ||Ninia diademata || ringneck coffee snake|| Belize; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico |- | ||Ninia espinali ||Espinal's coffee snake|| El Salvador; Honduras |- | ||Ninia franciscoi ||Simla coffee snake || Trinidad |- | ||Ninia guytudori || || Ecuador |- |120px ||Ninia hudsoni ||Guiana coffee snake, Hudson's coffee snake|| Guiana, Ecuador (Amazonas), Peru (Pasco, Tambopata, Madre de Dios), Brazil (Rondônia), SW Colombia |- | ||Ninia maculata || Pacific banded coffee snake, spotted coffee snake|| Costa Rica; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama |- | ||Ninia pavimentata ||northern banded coffee snake || Guatemala |- | ||Ninia psephota || red-bellied coffee snake, Cope's coffee snake|| Panama, Costa Rica |- |120px ||Ninia sebae || redback coffee snake, culebra de cafetal espalda roja|| Mexico and Central America. |- |120px||Ninia teresitae || || Colombia; Ecuador |- |} Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Ninia.