Lytorhynchus

Lytorhynchus
Lytorhynchus paradoxus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Colubrinae
Genus: Lytorhynchus
W. 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

Six species are recognized as being valid.[1]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lytorhynchus.

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