Lytorhynchus maynardi

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 maynardi

Name

• Lytorhynchus maynardi Alcock & Finn, 1897: 562

Syntypes (4): BMNH 1946.1.14.79, ♂, ZSI 14223–25, collected by A.H. MacMahon & F.P. Maynard (Afghan-Baluch Boundary Commission), between 30 March–May 1896.

Type locality: “Near Robat I, 4500 ft” [= south of Koh Malik-dokhand, by the river Malah Do Kand, Garmser District, Helmand Province, S Afghanistan, ca. 1350 m elevation].

Synonymy

• Lytorhynchus maynardi — Smith, 1943: 192
• Lytorhynchus maynardi — Das, 1996: 57

References

Primary references

• Alcock, A.W. & Finn, F. [1896] 1897. An account of the Reptilia collected by Dr. F.P. Maynard, Captain A.H. McMahon, C.I.E., and the members of the Afghan-Baluch Boundary Comission of 1896. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 65(pt. II, nº 4): 550–566. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Smith, M.A. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-Region. Reptilia and Amphibia. 3 (Serpentes). Taylor and Francis, London. 583 pp.
• Tillack, F. & Barts, M. 2007. Lytorhynchus maynardi Alcock & Finn. Sauria 29(3): 2.

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Lytorhynchus maynardi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 April 2019.
• Papenfuss, T., Anderson, S. & Khan, M.S. 2010. IUCN: Lytorhynchus maynardi  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T164574A5909048. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T164574A5909048.en

Vernacular names

English: Maynard's Longnose Sand Snake