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Simophis rhinostoma (SCHLEGEL, 1837)

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Sao Paulo False Coral Snake
Portuguese: Cobra-Coral, Coral, Falsa-Coral, Falsa-Coral-Bicuda 
SynonymHeterodon rhinostoma SCHLEGEL 1837: 100
? Rhinostoma nasuum — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1854: 994
Rhinostoma schlegelii GÜNTHER 1858: 8
Simophis Rhinostoma — PETERS 1860: 521
Rhinaspis proboscideus JAN 1863: 215
Rhinaspis Rohdei BOETTGER 1885: 231
Simophis rohdii — BOULENGER 1894: 254
Rhinostoma nasuum — BOULENGER 1894: 347 (?)
Simophis rhinostoma — SCHNEE 1900: 462
Simophis rhinostoma rhinostoma — AMARAL 1929: 94
Simophis rhinostoma rhodei — AMARAL 1929: 182
Simophis rhinostoma — MERTENS 1956
Simophis rhinostoma — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 279
Simophis rohdei — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 279
Simophis rhinostoma — CACCIALI et al. 2009
Simophis rhinostomus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 674
Simophis rhinostoma — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 
DistributionBrazil (Bahia, Minas Gerais, Goiás, Sao Paulo, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraná [HR 27: 216]), Paraguay

Type locality: interior of Brazil.

rohdei: Paraguay; Type locality: Paraguay  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZISP 6658
Holotype: ZMB 2418 [Rhinaspis rohdei] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (genus and species): Head differentiated from the neck, tip of the snout flattened, rostral with a horizontal keel. Aposematic coloration consisting of triads of black and white rings separated by red rings mimetic with coral snakes of the Micrurus frontalis complex. Belly variable. Body of medium size, tail moderately long. A diastema dividing in half the row of maxillary teeth. The combination of red, black, and white rings, a diastema in the middle of the maxillary row of teeth, and a rostral with a horizontal keel distinguishes it from all other Colubridae [from CACCIALI et al. 2009].


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CommentSynonymy: PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970 and CACCIALI et al. 2009 (who synonymized S. rohdei with S. rhinostoma).

Type species: Heterodon rhinostoma SCHLEGEL 1837 is the type species of the genus Simophis PETERS 1860.

Mimicry: this species mimics Micrurus spixii. 
EtymologyNamed after Greek rhinos (ρύγχος), snout, nose + Greek stoma (στόμα), mouth; foremost part, face, front. (Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., April 2024)

The genus was named after Greek simos (σιμός), snub-nosed, flat-nosed + Greek ophis (ὄφις), serpent. 
References
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