Simophis

{{Short description|Genus of snakes}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Scott, N. |author2=Cacciali, P. |year=2019 |title=Simophis rhinostoma |volume=2019 |page=e.T63488795A63488816 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T63488795A63488816.en |access-date=7 July 2023}}

| genus = Simophis

| parent_authority = Peters, 1860

| species = rhinostoma

| authority = (Schlegel, 1837)

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Simophis is a genus of snake in the family Colubridae that contains the sole species Simophis rhinostoma. It is commonly known as the São Paulo false coral snake.

It is distributed in eastern Paraguay, and in Brazil it occurs in the western, southeastern and central regions, with its distribution range extended into the northeastern region.{{Cite journal |last1=Albuquerque |first1=Circe Cavalcanti de |last2=Puorto |first2=Giuseppe |last3=Travaglia-Cardoso |first3=Silvia Regina |title=Simophis rhinostoma (Squamata: Colubridae): feeding habits and defensive behavior |url=https://www.redalyc.org/journal/575/57551098015/html/ |journal=Acta Zoológica Mexicana |language=en |volume=33 |issue=1 |pages=123–125|doi=10.21829/azm.2017.3311022 |doi-access=free }} This species is found in Atlantic Forest and Cerrado areas.