Rhinobothryum is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae.

Rhinobothryum
Rhinobothryum lentiginosum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Colubrinae
Genus: Rhinobothryum
Wagler, 1830

Geographic range

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The genus Rhinobothryum is endemic to Central America and South America.[1]

Species

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Two species are recognized as being valid.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Genus Rhinobothryum at The Reptile Database.
  2. ^ Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Genus Rhinobothryum, pp. 79, 109).

Further reading

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  • Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Genus Rhinobothryum, p. 82).
  • Wagler J (1830). Natürliches System der AMPHIBIEN, mit vorangehender Classification der SÄUGTHIERE und VÖGEL. Ein Beitreg zur vergleichenden Zoologie. Munich, Stuttgart and Tübingen: J.G. Cotta. vi + 354 pp. + one plate. (Rhinobothryum, new genus, p. 186). (in German and Latin).