Conopsis

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Conopsis
Species: C. acuta – C. amphisticha – C. biserialis – C. lineata – C. megalodon – C. nasus
Name

Conopsis Günther, 1858

Type species: Conophis nasus Günther 1858
References

Günther, A. 1858. Catalogue of Colubrine snakes of the British Museum. London, I - XVI, 1 - 281.
Conopsis at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 August 2008.

Vernacular names
English: Earth Snakes

Conopsis is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Mexico.[1]
Species

Six species are recognized as being valid.[1]

Conopsis acuta (Cope, 1886)
Conopsis amphisticha (H.M. Smith & Laufe, 1945)
Conopsis biserialis (Taylor & H.M. Smith, 1942)
Conopsis lineata (Kennicott, 1859)
Conopsis megalodon (Taylor & H.M. Smith, 1942)
Conopsis nasus Günther, 1858

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

Genus Conopsis at The Reptile Database.

Further reading

Günther A (1858). Catalogue of the Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xvi + 281 pp. (Conopsis, new genus, p. 6; Conopsis nasus, new species, pp. 6–7).