Lygophis
# Lygophis

Lygophis is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Panama and South America.

## Species

The genus Lygophis contains the following eight species which are recognized as being valid.

* Lygophis anomalus (Günther, 1858)
* Lygophis dilepis Cope, 1862 - Lema's ground snake, Lema’s striped snake
* Lygophis elegantissimus (Koslowsky, 1896)
* Lygophis flavifrenatus Cope, 1862 - fronted ground snake
* Lygophis lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758) - lined ground snake
* Lygophis meridionalis (Schenkel, 1902)
* Lygophis paucidens Hoge, 1953 - Hoge's ground snake
* Lygophis vanzolinii (Dixon, 1985) - Vanzolini's ground snake

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lygophis.

