Conopsis is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Mexico..
Species Six species are recognized as being valid. Conopsis acuta - spotted Tolucan earth snake Conopsis amphisticha - twin-spotted Tolucan earth snake Conopsis biserialis - two-lined Mexican earth snake Conopsis lineata - lined Tolucan ground snake, lined Tolucan earth snake Conopsis megalodon - San Felipe ground snake Conopsis nasus - largenose earth snake
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Conopsis.
References
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).