Chapinophis

{{Short description|Genus of snakes}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}

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| name = Chapinophis xanthocheilus

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| status = EN

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Johnson, J. |author2=Acevedo, M. |author3=Stafford, P. |author4=Campbell, J. |author5=Ariano-Sánchez, D. |date=2013 |title=Chapinophis xanthocheilus |volume=2013 |page=e.T29481A2790420 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T29481A2790420.en}}

| genus = Chapinophis

| parent_authority = Campbell & Smith, 1998

| species = xanthocheilus

| authority = Campbell & Smith, 1998

| synonyms =

}}

Chapinophis xanthocheilus is a species of snake in the family Colubridae .{{cite web |author=Reptarium |title=Chapinophis xanthocheilus |publisher=The Reptile Database |url=http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Chapinophis&species=xanthocheilus |access-date=5 June 2012 }} It is endemic to Guatemala, and has only been found in the cloud forests of the Sierra de las Minas range.{{cite journal |last=Campbell |first=Jonathan A. |author-link=Jonathan A. Campbell |author2=Eric N. Smith |year=1998 |title=A new genus and species of colubrid snake from the Sierra de las Minas of Guatemala |journal=Herpetologica |volume=54 |number=2 |pages=207–220 |jstor=3893427 }} This species is the only member of the monotypic genus Chapinophis.