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Genus of snakes

Phyllorhynchus
Phyllorhychus browni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Colubrinae
Genus: Phyllorhynchus
Stejneger, 1890

Phyllorhynchus is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is native to the southwestern United States and adjacent northwestern Mexico

Species

The genus Phyllorhynchus contains two species which are recognized as being valid.

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

Description

Snakes of the genus Phyllorhynchus are heavy-bodied, but small, 6 to 20 in (15 to 51 cm) in total length, which includes a short tail. The snout is short and shovel-like. The rostral scale is enlarged and has free lateral edges.

References

  1. ^ Genus Phyllorhynchus at The Reptile Database.
  2. Wright AH, Wright AA (1957). Handbook of Snakes of the United States and Canada. Ithaca and London: Comstock Publishing Associates, a Division of Cornell University Press. 1,105 pp. (in 2 volumes). (Genus Phyllorhynchus, p. 69, Figure 19, h-j; p. 569, map 45).

Further reading

  • Tucson Herpetological Society: Saddled Leaf-Nosed Snake
  • Cope ED (1868). "Sixth Contribution to the Herpetology of Tropical America". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 20: 305–313. (Phimothyra decurtata, new species, pp. 310–311).
  • Stebbins RC (2003). A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians, Third Edition. The Peterson Field Guide Series ®. Boston and New York: Houghton MifflinCompany. xiii + 533 pp. ISBN 978-0-395-98272-3. (Phyllorhynchus browni, pp. 349–350 + Plate 47 + Map 135; P. decurtatus, p. 349 + Plate 47 + Map 136).
  • Stejneger L (1890). "On a new genus and species of Colubrine snakes from North America". Proceedings of the United States National Museum Museum 13: 151–155. (Phyllorhynchus, new genus, p. 151; P. browni, new species, pp. 152–153).
Taxon identifiers
Phyllorhynchus


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