Ninia

Ninia, commonly referred to as coffee snakes, is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus consists of 12 species that are native to south-eastern Mexico, Central America, and the northern part of South America. Some species are also found on Caribbean islands.

Species

There are 12 species that are recognized as being valid.

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Ninia.

References

Further reading

• Baird SF, Girard C (1853). Catalogue of North American Reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Part I.—Serpents. Washington, District of Columbia: xvi + 172 pp. (Ninia, new genus, pp. 49–50).
• (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. . (Genus Ninia, p. 104).