Lytorhynchus maynardi | |
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Conservation status | |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Lytorhynchus |
Species: | L. maynardi |
Binomial name | |
Lytorhynchus maynardi Alcock & Finn, 1897 |
Lytorhynchus maynardi, Maynard's longnose sand snake, is a species of snake found in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran. The species is fossorial and in Iran occurs in sand dune habitats at altitudes around 500 m. The species' type locality is in southern Afghanistan at an elevation of 1310 m.
References
- Papenfuss, T.; Anderson, S.; Khan, M. (2021). "Lytorhynchus maynardi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T164574A48903212. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T164574A48903212.en. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
- Lytorhynchus maynardi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- Salemi, Ali; Heydari, Nastaran; Mahin, Mohammad Jahan (2018). "A new distribution record for the rare Maynard's Longnose Sand Snake, Lytorhynchus maynardi Alcock and Finn, 1896 from Nikshahr, southeastern Iran". Herpetology Notes. 11: 617. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
- Wallach, Van; Williams, Kenneth L.; Boundy, Jeff (22 April 2014). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press. p. 416. ISBN 978-1-4822-0847-4. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Lytorhynchus maynardi |