{{Short description|Species of snake}} {{Speciesbox | image = Cobra 23 03 58 S - 49 00 39 O - 070707- REFON -4.JPG | image_caption = | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author=Caicedo, J. |author2=Calderón, M. |author3=Ines Hladki, A. |author4=Ramírez Pinilla, M. |author5=Renjifo, J. |author6=Rivas, G. |author7=Urbina, N. |author8=Nogueira, C. |author9=Gonzales, L. |year=2019 |title=''Palusophis bifossatus'' |volume=2019 |article-number=e.T203298A2763499 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T203298A2763499.en |access-date=22 June 2023}}</ref> | genus = Palusophis | species = bifossatus | parent_authority =Montingelli, Grazziotin, Battilana, Murphy, Zhang & Zaher, 2019 | authority = (Raddi, 1820) | synonyms ={{Specieslist |Coluber bifossatus| |Coluber capistratus| |Coluber lichtensteinii| |Coluber pantherinus| |Ptyas pantherinus| |Drymobius bifossatus| |Dryadophis bifossatus| |Mastigodryas bifossatus| }} }}
'''''Palusophis bifossatus''''' is a species of snake of the family Colubridae.
==Geographic range== The snake is found in some central and central eastern parts of Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, and northern Uruguay.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Palusophis&species=bifossatus&search_param=((search='Palusophis+bifossatus'))|title= Palusophis bifossatus|work=The Reptile Database|access-date=2019-05-07}}</ref> It has the common name of '''Rio tropical racer'''. It is monotypic in the genus ''Palusophis''.
== References == {{Reflist}} == External links == {{commons category}} *{{EMBL species|genus=Palusophis|species=bifossatus}}
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Category:Colubrinae Category:Monotypic snake genera Category:Snakes of Brazil Category:Reptiles of Bolivia Category:Reptiles of Argentina Category:Reptiles of Colombia Category:Reptiles of French Guiana Category:Reptiles of Paraguay Category:Reptiles of Peru Category:Reptiles of Venezuela Category:Fauna of the Amazon Category:Fauna of the Pantanal Category:Reptiles described in 1820
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