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Trimetopon
Sign in to saveTrimetopon is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is native to Costa Rica and Panama. Species in the genus Trimetopon are known commonly as tropical ground snakes.
Species
Cope's Tropical Ground Snake
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyColubridae
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- Dipsadinae
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Trimetopon is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is native to Costa Rica and Panama. Species in the genus Trimetopon are known commonly as tropical ground snakes.
==Species== The following six species are recognised as being valid: Trimetopon barbouri – Barbour's tropical ground snake Trimetopon gracile – Günther's tropical ground snake Trimetopon pliolepis – Cope's tropical ground snake Trimetopon simile – Dunn's tropical ground snake Trimetopon slevini – Slevin's tropical ground snake Trimetopon viquezi – Víquez's tropical ground snake
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Trimetopon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.