Black-striped Snakes
Coniophanes
Coniophanes is a genus of colubrid snakes, typically referred to as black-striped snakes, but they also have many other common names. The genus consists of 17 species, and despite the common name, not all of them display striping.
17 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 17 known species

Black-striped Snake
speciesConiophanes imperialis

Brown Spotbelly Snake
speciesConiophanes fissidens

Faded Black-striped Snake
speciesConiophanes schmidti

Sooty Black-striped Snake
speciesConiophanes piceivittis

Peninsula Stripeless Snake
speciesConiophanes meridanus

Peters' Running Snake
speciesConiophanes dromiciformis

Two-spotted Snake
speciesConiophanes bipunctatus

Stripeless Snake
speciesConiophanes lateritius

Five-striped Snake
speciesConiophanes quinquevittatus

Chiapan Stripeless Snake
speciesConiophanes alvarezi

Blackhead Stripeless Snake
speciesConiophanes melanocephalus

Andresen's Snake
speciesConiophanes andresensis

Guerrero Black-striped Snake
speciesConiophanes taylori
Coniophanes taeniata
speciesConiophanes taeniata

Michoacan Black-striped Snake
speciesConiophanes michoacanensis

Monte Seco Black-striped Snake
speciesConiophanes longinquus
Joan's Snake
speciesConiophanes joanae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 26965.