Lytorhynchus diadema

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 Cladus: Sauropsida 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 diadema
Subspecies: L. d. arabicus – L. d. diadema – L. d. gaddi – L. d. kennedyi – L. d. mesopotamicus

Name

Lytorhynchus diadema (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)

Type locality: Algeria.

Synonyms

• Heterodon diadema Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 779
• Lytorhynchus diadema — Peters, 1862
• Catachlaena diadema — Blanford, 1881
• Lytorhynchus diadema — Boulenger, 1887: 408
• Lytorhynchus diadema — Boulenger, 1893: 415
• Lytorhynchus gaddi Nikolsky, 1907
• Lytorhynchus gaddi — Martens, 1993
• Lithorhynchus diadema diadema [sic] — Sochurek, 1979
• Lytorhynchus diadema — Schleich, Kästle & Kabisch, 1996: 494
• Lytorhynchus diadema —Trape & Mané, 2006

References

• Duméril, A.M.C., G. Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril 1854: Erpétologie générale ou Histoire Naturelle complète des Reptiles. Vol. 7 (partie 1). Paris, xvi + 780 S.
• Boulenger, G.A. 1887: A list of the reptiles and batrachians obtained near Muscat, Arabia, and presented to the British Museum by Surgeon-Major A.S.G. Jayakar. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 20: 407–408.
• Schleich, H.H., Kästle, W., Kabisch, K. 1996: Amphibians and Reptiles of North Africa. Koeltz, Koenigstein, 627 pp.
• Lytorhynchus diadema at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 sep 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Crowned Leafnose Snake, Diademed Sand Snake