Lytorhynchus maynardi

Taxonavigation edit

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 edit

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 edit

  • Lytorhynchus maynardiSmith, 1943: 192
  • Lytorhynchus maynardiDas, 1996: 57

References edit

Primary references edit

Additional references edit

  • 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.

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Vernacular names edit

English: Maynard's Longnose Sand Snake