title: Lygophis
text: # Lygophis
  
  Lygophis is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Panama and South America.
  
  ## Species
  
  The genus Lygophis contains the following eight species which are recognized as being valid.
  
  * Lygophis anomalus (Günther, 1858)
  * Lygophis dilepis Cope, 1862 - Lema's ground snake, Lema’s striped snake
  * Lygophis elegantissimus (Koslowsky, 1896)
  * Lygophis flavifrenatus Cope, 1862 - fronted ground snake
  * Lygophis lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758) - lined ground snake
  * Lygophis meridionalis (Schenkel, 1902)
  * Lygophis paucidens Hoge, 1953 - Hoge's ground snake
  * Lygophis vanzolinii (Dixon, 1985) - Vanzolini's ground snake
  
  Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lygophis.
  
  