Chilorhinophis
Chilorhinophis is a genus of venomous snakes endemic to Africa. Currently, three species are recognized.[1]
| Chilorhinophis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Lamprophiidae |
| Subfamily: | Aparallactinae |
| Genus: | Chilorhinophis F. Werner, 1907 |
- Common name: two-headed snakes.
Species
| Genus Chilorhinophis -- 3 species | ||||
| Species[1] | Taxon author[1] | Subspecies*[1] | Common name[2] | Geographic range[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. butleriT | F. Werner, 1907 | ———— | Butler's two-headed snake | Africa: Mongalla, South Sudan. |
| C. carpenteri | (Parker, 1927) | liwalensis | Liwale two-headed snake | Africa: Mozambique, southeastern Tanzania. |
| C. gerardi | (Boulenger, 1913) | tanganyikae | Gerard's black and yellow burrowing snake | Africa: southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania. |
*) Not including the nominate subspecies. T) Type species.
See also
References
- "Chilorhinophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 5 September 2007.
- Chilorhinophis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 May 2009.
Further reading
- Loveridge A. 1958. "Revision of Five African Snake Genera". Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 119: 1-198. (Genus Chilorhinophis, pp. 168–169).
- Werner F. 1907. "Ergebnisse der mit Subvention aus der Erbschaft Treitl unternommenen zoologischen Forschungreise Dr. Franz Werner's in den ägyptischen Sudan und nach Nord-Uganda. XII. Die Reptilien und Amphibien ". Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften [Vienna] 116: 1823-1926 + Plates I-IV. (Chilorhinophis, new genus, p. 1881). (in German).
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