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Spalerosophis
Genus of snakes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Spalerosophis is a small genus of snakes in the family Colubridae.
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Geographic range
Member species are found in a wide range throughout Southern Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa.
Species
The following species six species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Spalerosophis arenarius (Boulenger, 1890) – red-spotted diadem snake, red-spotted royal snake
- Spalerosophis atriceps (Fischer, 1885) – diadem snake, royal snake
- Spalerosophis diadema (Schlegel, 1837) – diadem snake, royal snake
- Spalerosophis dolichospilus (F. Werner, 1923) – Mograbin diadem snake, Werner's diadem snake
- Spalerosophis josephscorteccii Lanza, 1964 – Scortecci's diadem snake[2]
- Spalerosophis microlepis Jan, 1865 – Jan's diadem snake, zebra snake
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