Lytorhynchus kennedyi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Lytorhynchus
Species: Lytorhynchus kennedyi

Name

Lytorhynchus kennedyi Schmidt, 1939

Type locality: Syria, between Horns and Palmyra.

Holotype: FMNH 19586.

Synonyms

• Lytorhynchus kennedyi Schmidt, 1939 (Original combination)
• Lytorhynchus diadema kennedyi — Leviton et al. 1992
• Lytorhynchus kennedyi — Martens, 1993
• Lytorhynchus diadema kennedyi — Schleich et al. 1996
• Lytorhynchus kennedyi — Sindaco et al., 2006

References

• Schmidt, K.P. 1939. Reptiles and amphibians from Southwestern Asia. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological series 24: 49–92. BHL Reference page. 
• Martens, H. 1993. Three species of snake new for Syria. Zoology in the Middle East 9(a): 49–58. DOI: 10.1080/09397140.1993.10637646 Reference page. 
• Sindaco, R.; Serra, G. & Menegon, M. 2006: New data on the Syrian herpetofauna with a newly-recorded species of snake. Zoology of the Middle-East 37: 29–38.
• Leviton, A.E.; Anderson, S.C.; Adler, K.; Minton, S.A. 1992: Handbook to Middle East Amphibians and Reptiles. SSAR, Oxford, Ohio (Contr. to Herpetol. No. 8), 1-252.
• Lytorhynchus kennedyi at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 sep 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Kennedy's Leafnose Snake