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Wormsnakes
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Wormsnakes

Carphophis

Carphophis (common name worm snakes) is a genus of small colubrid snakes endemic to the United States. The genus consists of two species, one of which has two subspecies.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species

Common Wormsnake

speciesCarphophis amoenus

Western Worm Snake

speciesCarphophis vermis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 27383.