Rhynchocalamus

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: Rhynchocalamus
Species (6): R. arabicus – R. dayanae – R. hejazicus – R. ilamensis – R. melanocephalus – R. satunini

Name

Rhynchocalamus Günther, 1864: 491

• Type species: Homalosoma melanocephalum Jan, 1862, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Günther, A. 1864. Report of a collection of fishes made by Messrs. Dow, Godman, and Salvin in Guatemala. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864 (pt 1): 144–154. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Šmíd, J., Martínez, G., Gebhart, J., Aznar, J., Gállego, J., Göçmen, B., de Pous, P., Tamar, K. & Carranza, S. 2015. Phylogeny of the genus Rhynchocalamus (Reptilia; Colubridae) with a first record from the Sultanate of Oman. Zootaxa 4033(3): 380–392. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4033.3.4 Reference page. 
• Tamar, K., Šmíd, J., Göçmen, B., Meiri, S. & Carranza, S. 2016. An integrative systematic revision and biogeography of Rhynchocalamus snakes (Reptilia, Colubridae) with a description of a new species from Israel. PeerJ 4: e2769. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.2769 Reference page. 
• Fathinia, B., Rastegar-Pouyani, E., Rastegar-Pouyani, N. & Darvishnia, H. 2017. A new species of the genus Rhynchocalamus Günther, 1864 (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae) from Ilam province in western Iran. Zootaxa 4282(3): 473–486. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4282.3.3. Reference page. 
• Licata, F., Pola, L., Šmíd, J., Ibrahim, A.A., Liz, A.V., Santos, B., Patkó, L., Abdulkareem, A., Gonçalves, D.V., AlShammari, A.M., Busais, S., Egan, D.M., Ramalho, R.M.O., Smithon, J. & Brito, J.C. 2024. The missing piece of the puzzle: A new and widespread species of the genus Rhynchocalamus Günther, 1864 (Squamata, Colubridae) from the Arabian Peninsula. Zoosystematics and Evolution 100(2): 691–704. DOI: 10.3897/zse.100.123441 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

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