Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus (Jan, 1862)

Lectotype: MHNG 1246.77, ♀. [designated by Wallach, Williams & Bound (2014: 654)]
Type locality: “Bairut [=Beirut]”, Beirut Prov., W Lebanon, 33°53’N, 35°30’E, elevation NSL.

Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus Günther, 1864: 491 [preoccupied name]
- Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.3.29.
- Type locality: “Merom”, Israel.

Jan, G. 1862. Enumerazione sistematico delle specie d'ofidi del gruppo Calamaridae. Archivio per la zoologia, l'anatomia e la fisiologia 2: 1–76. BHL Reference page.
Wallach, V., Williams, K.L. & Boundy, J. 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 1237 pp. ISBN 9781138034006 Reference page.

Amr, Z.S.S., Egan, D.M., Nilson, G., Kumlutaş, Y., Baha El Din, S., Sadek, R., Lymberakis, P., Ugurtas, I.H., Werner, Y.L., Tok, V., Sevinç, M., Hraoui-Bloquet, S., Crochet, P.-A., Kaska, Y. & Avci, A. 2012. IUCN: Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T164637A1062839. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T164637A1062839.en. Accessed on 27 October 2025.