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{{Short description|Genus of snakes}}
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| image = Zzshal1.jpg
| image_caption = [[Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus]]
| image = Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus satunini.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus]]''
| taxon = Rhynchocalamus
| taxon = Rhynchocalamus
| authority = [[Albert Charles Lewis Günther|Günther]], 1864
| authority = [[Albert Günther|Günther]], 1864
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision_ranks = Species
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'''''Rhynchocalamus''''' is a genus of snakes of the family [[Colubridae]].
'''''Rhynchocalamus''''' is a [[genus]] of snakes in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Colubridae]].


==Species==
==Species==
The following [[species]] are recognized as being valid.<ref>{{EMBL genus|genus=Rhynchocalamus}}</ref>
* ''[[Rhynchocalamus arabicus]]'' <small>Schmidt, 1933</small>
* ''[[Rhynchocalamus barani]]'' <small>(Olgun, Avcı, Ilgaz, Üzüm & Yılmaz, 2007)</small>
*''[[Rhynchocalamus arabicus]]'' {{small|[[Karl Patterson Schmidt|Schmidt]], 1933}} - Aden kukri snake
* ''[[Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus]]'' <small>(Jan, 1862)</small>
*''[[Rhynchocalamus dayanae]]'' {{small|Tamar, Šmíd, Göçmen, Meiri & Carranza, 2016}} - Dayan’s kukri snake
*''[[Rhynchocalamus levitoni]]'' <small>Torki, 2017</small>
*''[[Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus]]'' {{small|([[Giorgio Jan|Jan]], 1862)}} - Palestine kukri snake
*''[[Rhynchocalamus satunini]]'' {{small|([[Alexander Mikhailovich Nikolsky|Nikolsky]], 1899)}} - Palestine kukri snake


''[[Nota bene]]'': A [[Binomial nomenclature|binomial authority]] in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Rynchocalamus''.
== References ==
{{reflist}}
*{{EMBL genus|genus=Rhynchocalamus}}
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{{wikispecies}}


==Taxonomy==
[[Category:Colubrids|Rhynchocalamus]]
The species formerly known as ''Rhynchocalamus barani'' has been assigned to the [[Monotypic taxon|monotypic]] genus ''[[Muhtarophis]]'' as ''[[Muhtarophis barani]]''.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
{{Commons}}
{{Wikispecies}}
*[[Albert Günther|Günther A]] (1864). "Report on a Collection of Reptiles and Fishes from Palestine". ''Proc. Zool. Soc. London'' '''1864''': 488–493. (''Rhynchocalamus'', new genus, p.&nbsp;491).

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[[Category:Rhynchocalamus]]
[[Category:Snake genera]]
[[Category:Snake genera]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Albert Günther]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Albert Günther]]




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{{Colubrinae-stub}}

Revision as of 06:41, 2 December 2023

Rhynchocalamus
Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Colubrinae
Genus: Rhynchocalamus
Günther, 1864

Rhynchocalamus is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae.

Species

The following 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 Rynchocalamus.

Taxonomy

The species formerly known as Rhynchocalamus barani has been assigned to the monotypic genus Muhtarophis as Muhtarophis barani.

References

Further reading

  • Günther A (1864). "Report on a Collection of Reptiles and Fishes from Palestine". Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1864: 488–493. (Rhynchocalamus, new genus, p. 491).