Rhinobothryum is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae.
| Rhinobothryum | |
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| Rhinobothryum lentiginosum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Colubrinae |
| Genus: | Rhinobothryum Wagler, 1830 |
Geographic range
editThe genus Rhinobothryum is endemic to Central America and South America.[1]
Species
editTwo species are recognized as being valid.[1][2]
- Rhinobothryum bovallii Andersson, 1916
- Rhinobothryum lentiginosum (Scopoli, 1785) - Amazon banded snake
References
edit- ^ a b Genus Rhinobothryum at The Reptile Database.
- ^ 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
edit- 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).
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