Lytorhynchus | |
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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 |
Lytorhynchus is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae. [1]
Species of the genus Lytorhynchus are found from North Africa, eastward through the Middle East, to Pakistan and western India. [1]
Seven species are recognized as being valid. [1]
Nota bene : A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lytorhynchus.
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