Lytorhynchus kennedyi

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 Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

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

Name

Lytorhynchus kennedyi Schmidt, 1939

• Holotype: FMNH 19586, ♂, collected by H. Field and R.A. Martin on 21 May 1934.
• Type locality: “between Homs and Palmyra, Syria”.

Combinations

• Lytorhynchus kennedyi Schmidt, 1939: 75 [original combination]
• Lytorhynchus diadema kennedyi — Haas, 1952: 22 [subsequent combination, reduced to subspecies]

References

Primary 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. 

Additional references

• 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.

Vernacular names

• English: Kennedy's Leafnose Snake