{{Short description|Genus of snakes}} {{For|the alternatively named insect genus named Mesotes|Muhabbetina}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = | image_caption = ' | taxon = Mesotes | authority = Jan, 1862<ref>{{GBIF|id=2456636|taxon=Mesotes}}</ref> | subdivision_ranks = Species }}

'''''Mesotes''''' is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae.

==Geographic range== All species in the genus ''Mesotes'' are endemic to South America.<ref name="RDB"/>

==Species== The following 2 species are recognized as being valid.<ref name="RDB">{{EMBL genus|genus=Mesotes}}</ref> * ''Mesotes rutilus'' <small>Prado, 1942</small> - Prado's coastal house snake * ''Mesotes strigatus'' <small>(Günther, 1858)</small> -coastal house snake

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

==References== {{Reflist}}

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Category:Mesotes Category:Snake genera Category:Taxa named by Giorgio Jan

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