Gongylosoma

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Gongylosoma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Gongylosoma
Fitzinger, 1843

Gongylosoma is a genus of snakes of the superfamily Colubroidea. [1]

Species

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