Lytorhynchus
Genus of snakes
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Lytorhynchus is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae.[1]
| Lytorhynchus | |
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| Lytorhynchus paradoxus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Colubrinae |
| Genus: | Lytorhynchus W. Peters, 1862 |
Geographic range
Species of the genus Lytorhynchus are found from North Africa, eastward through the Middle East, to Pakistan and western India.[1]
Species
Seven species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Lytorhynchus diadema (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – awl-headed snake, crowned leafnose snake, diademed sand snake
- Lytorhynchus gaddi Nikolsky, 1907
- Lytorhynchus gasperetti Leviton, 1977 – Leviton's leafnose snake
- Lytorhynchus kennedyi Schmidt, 1939 – Kennedy's leafnose snake
- Lytorhynchus maynardi Alcock & Finn, 1897 – Maynard's longnose sand snake
- Lytorhynchus paradoxus (Günther, 1875) – Sindh awl-headed snake
- Lytorhynchus ridgewayi Boulenger, 1887 – Derafshi snake
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lytorhynchus.
