{{Short description|Genus of snakes}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Speciesbox | name = ''Chapinophis xanthocheilus'' | image = | status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 11 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Johnson, J. |author2=Acevedo, M. |author3=Stafford, P. |author4=Campbell, J. |author5=Ariano-Sánchez, D. |date=2013 |title=''Chapinophis xanthocheilus'' |volume=2013 |article-number=e.T29481A2790420 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T29481A2790420.en}}</ref> | genus = Chapinophis | parent_authority = Campbell & Smith, 1998 | species = xanthocheilus | authority = Campbell & Smith, 1998 | synonyms = }}
'''''Chapinophis xanthocheilus''''' is a species of snake in the family Colubridae .<ref name="iucn status 11 November 2021" /><ref name=reptarium>{{cite web |author=Reptarium |title=''Chapinophis xanthocheilus'' |publisher=The Reptile Database |url=http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Chapinophis&species=xanthocheilus |access-date=5 June 2012 }}</ref> It is endemic to Guatemala, and has only been found in the cloud forests of the Sierra de las Minas range.<ref name="iucn status 11 November 2021" /><ref name=Campbell_1998>{{cite journal |last=Campbell |first=Jonathan A. |author-link=Jonathan A. Campbell |author2=Eric N. Smith |year=1998 |title=A new genus and species of colubrid snake from the Sierra de las Minas of Guatemala |journal=Herpetologica |volume=54 |number=2 |pages=207–220 |jstor=3893427 }}</ref> This species is the only member of the monotypic genus '''''Chapinophis'''''.<ref name="iucn status 11 November 2021" /><ref name=Campbell_1998/>
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Category:Colubrinae Category:Reptiles of Guatemala Category:Endemic fauna of Guatemala Category:Monotypic snake genera Category:Reptiles described in 1998