{{Short description|Genus of snakes}} {{speciesbox | image = | image_caption = | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author=Scott, N. |author2=Cacciali, P. |year=2019 |title=''Simophis rhinostoma'' |volume=2019 |article-number=e.T63488795A63488816 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T63488795A63488816.en |access-date=7 July 2023}}</ref> | genus = Simophis | parent_authority = Peters, 1860 | species = rhinostoma | authority = (Schlegel, 1837) }} '''''Simophis''''' is a genus of snake in the family Colubridae that contains the sole species '''''Simophis rhinostoma'''''.<ref name=RDB-genus/> It is commonly known as the '''São Paulo false coral snake'''.
It is distributed in eastern Paraguay, and in Brazil it occurs in the western, southeastern and central regions, with its distribution range extended into the northeastern region.<ref name=AZM>{{Cite journal |last1=Albuquerque |first1=Circe Cavalcanti de |last2=Puorto |first2=Giuseppe |last3=Travaglia-Cardoso |first3=Silvia Regina |title=Simophis rhinostoma (Squamata: Colubridae): feeding habits and defensive behavior |url=https://www.redalyc.org/journal/575/57551098015/html/ |journal=Acta Zoológica Mexicana |language=en |volume=33 |issue=1 |pages=123–125|doi=10.21829/azm.2017.3311022 |doi-access=free }}</ref> This species is found in Atlantic Forest and Cerrado areas.<ref name=AZM/>
== References == {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=RDB-genus>{{NRDB genus|genus=Simophis |date=21 December |year=2016}}</ref>
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Category:Colubrinae Category:Monotypic snake genera Category:Snakes of Brazil Category:Reptiles of Paraguay Category:Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters
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