Chionactis

Chionactis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Colubrinae
Genus:	Chionactis Cope, 1860
Synonyms
Contia, Lamprosoma, Rhinostoma, Sonora

Contia, Lamprosoma, Rhinostoma, Sonora

Chionactis is a genus of snakes known as the shovelnose (or shovel-nosed) snakes. It contains only two recognized species.

The genus Chionactis is endemic to the southwestern United States and adjacent northwestern Mexico.

The following species and subspecies are recognized as being valid.

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