Sympholis

{{Short description|Genus of snakes}} {{Speciesbox | image = Mexican Short-tailed Snake (Sympholis lippiens).jpg | image_caption = Mexican short-tailed snake (''Sympholis lippiens'') from Sonora, México | status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author=Bowles, P. |year=2021 |title=''Sympholis lippiens'' |volume=2021 |article-number=e.T198517A2528486 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T198517A2528486.en |access-date=13 July 2023}}</ref> | genus = Sympholis | parent_authority = Cope, 1861 | species = lippiens | authority = Cope, 1861 }}

'''''Sympholis''''' is a genus of snake in the family Colubridae that contains the sole species '''''Sympholis lippiens'''''.<ref name=RDB-genus/> It is commonly known as the '''Mexican short-tail snake'''.

It is found in Mexico.<ref name=RDB/>

==Description== It is a black snake with yellow horizontal stripes.

== References == {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=RDB-genus>{{NRDB genus|genus=Sympholis |date=11 December |year=2016}}</ref>

<ref name=RDB>{{NRDB species|genus=Sympholis |species=lippiens |accessdate=11 December 2016}}</ref> }}

Category:Colubrinae Category:Monotypic snake genera Category:Reptiles described in 1861 Category:Reptiles of Mexico Category:Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope