Pliocercus

Pliocercus is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae.

Geographic range
Species in the genus Pliocercus are found in Mexico, Central America, and northern South America.

Species and subspecies
The following species and subspecies are recognized as being valid.
 * Pliocercus elapoides Cope, 1860 – variegated false coral snake
 * Pliocercus elapoides aequalis Salvin, 1861
 * Pliocercus elapoides diastema (Bocourt, 1886)
 * Pliocercus elapoides elapoides Cope, 1860
 * Pliocercus elapoides occidentalis H.M. Smith & Landy, 1965
 * Pliocercus euryzonus Cope, 1862 – Cope's false coral snake
 * Pliocercus euryzonus burghardti H.M. Smith & Chiszar, 1996
 * Pliocercus euryzonus euryzonus Cope, 1862

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