Lytorhynchus

Lytorhynchus is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae.^[1]

Lytorhynchus
Lytorhynchus paradoxus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Colubrinae
Genus:	Lytorhynchus W. Peters, 1862

Geographic range

Species of the genus Lytorhynchus are found from North Africa, eastward through the Middle East, to Pakistan and western India.^[1]

Species

Seven species are recognized as being valid.^[1]

• Lytorhynchus diadema (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – awl-headed snake, crowned leafnose snake, diademed sand snake
• Lytorhynchus gaddi Nikolsky, 1907
• Lytorhynchus gasperetti Leviton, 1977 – Leviton's leafnose snake
• Lytorhynchus kennedyi Schmidt, 1939 – Kennedy's leafnose snake
• Lytorhynchus maynardi Alcock & Finn, 1897 – Maynard's longnose sand snake
• Lytorhynchus paradoxus (Günther, 1875) – Sindh awl-headed snake
• Lytorhynchus ridgewayi Boulenger, 1887 – Derafshi snake

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lytorhynchus.