Lytorhynchus Peters 1862

Lytorhynchus is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae.^[1]

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) - crowned leafnose snake, diademed sand snake, awl-headed 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.

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