Chilorhinophis is a genus of mildly venomous snakes endemic to Africa. Currently, three species are recognized.[1]
| Chilorhinophis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Atractaspididae |
| Subfamily: | Aparallactinae |
| Genus: | Chilorhinophis F. Werner, 1907 |
- Common name: two-headed snakes.
Species
edit| Genus Chilorhinophis -- 3 species | ||||
| Species[1] | Taxon author[1] | Subspecies*[1] | Common name[2] | Geographic range[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. butleriT | F. Werner, 1907 | ———— | Butler's two-headed snake | Africa: Mongalla, South Sudan. |
| C. carpenteri | (Parker, 1927) | liwalensis | Liwale two-headed snake | Africa: Mozambique, southeastern Tanzania. |
| C. gerardi | (Boulenger, 1913) | tanganyikae | Gerard's black and yellow burrowing snake | Africa: southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania. |
*) Not including the nominate subspecies. T) Type species.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d "Chilorhinophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 5 September 2007.
- ^ a b Chilorhinophis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 May 2009.
Further reading
edit- Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised Edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Genus Chilorhinophis, p. 67).
- Loveridge A (1958). "Revision of Five African Snake Genera". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 119: 1–198. (Genus Chilorhinophis, pp. 168–169).
- Werner F (1907). "Ergebnisse der mit Subvention aus der Erbschaft Treitl unternommenen zoologischen Forschungreise Dr. Franz Werner's in den ägyptischen Sudan und nach Nord-Uganda. XII. Die Reptilien und Amphibien ". Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften [Vienna] 116: 1823-1926 + Plates I-IV. (Chilorhinophis, new genus, p. 1881). (in German).