Phimophis is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae. The genus is endemic to South America.
Species Three species are currently recognized.. Phimophis guerini – Argentine pampas snake Phimophis guianensis – Troschel's pampas snake Phimophis vittatus – banded pampas snake
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Phimophis.
References
Further reading Cope ED (1860). "Catalogue of Colubridæ in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. I. Calamarinæ". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 74-79. (Phimophis, new genus, p. 79). Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. . (Genus Phimophis, p. 107).