Lema's ground snake
Lygophis dilepis Cope, 1862
Status not recordedsnakes
The lema's ground snake (Lygophis dilepis) is a species in the family Colubridae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 70 g.
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Quick facts about the lema's ground snake
- Weight
- 70 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- up to 81 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- grassland, shrublandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Active
- By day (diurnal)src for Active
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the lema's ground snake live?
Not recorded
Is the lema's ground snake endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the lema's ground snake classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyColubridae
- genusLygophis
- SpeciesLygophis dilepis Cope, 1862
Synonyms Aporophis dilepis, Aporophis lineatus, Liophis dilepis, Lygophis lineatus dilepis
Other names and names in other languages (11)
- Lema's striped snakeEnglish
- Lema’s striped snakeEnglish
- Nordlig Stribet JordsnogDanish
- Culebra listada o Cola rojaSpanish
- Corre-CampoPortuguese
- Cobra-d'águaPortuguese
- Cobra-D’águaPortuguese
- Cobra-de-CaçotePortuguese
- Cobra-de-CadarçoPortuguese
- Cobra-de-cassotePortuguese
- Cobra-de-Listra-VermelhaPortuguese
Relatives of the lema's ground snake
Other species in the same genus Lygophis.
Golden-belly snake
Lygophis anomalus
Elegant ground snake
Lygophis elegantissimus
Fronted ground snake
Lygophis flavifrenatus
Hoge's ground snake
Lygophis paucidens
Southern striped snake
Lygophis meridionalis
Lined ground snake
Lygophis lineatus
CompareLema's ground snake vs Golden-belly snakeLema's ground snake vs Elegant ground snakeLema's ground snake vs Fronted ground snakeLema's ground snake vs Hoge's ground snake
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the lema's ground snake?
An adult lema's ground snake weighs 70 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the lema's ground snake?
The lema's ground snake (Lygophis dilepis) belongs to the family Colubridae in the order Squamata.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles · CC BY 4.0 · v1-2
Oskyrko, O., Mi, C., Meiri, S. et al. (2024) ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles. Scientific Data 11: 243. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03079-5. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4 - SquamBase 1.0 - a dataset of squamate species traits · CC0 1.0 · 1.0-dryad-v5
Meiri, S. (2024) SquamBase - a database of squamate (Reptilia: Squamata) traits. Global Ecology and Biogeography 33(4): e13812. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13812. Data: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.76hdr7t3b
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