Rhinocheilus
{{Short description|Genus of snakes}}
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| image = Rhinocheilus lecontei tessellatus.jpg
| image_caption = Texas long-nosed snake (Rhinocheilus lecontei tessellatus)
| taxon = Rhinocheilus
| authority = Baird & Girard, 1853
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = Three recognized species, see article.
}}
Rhinocheilus is a genus of snakes, commonly called the long-nosed snakes, in the family Colubridae.{{cite web |url= http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2011/search/all/key/rhinocheilus/match/1|title= Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist.|veditors=Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, Baillargeon G, Ouvrard D|year=2011|publisher=Species 2000: Reading, UK.|accessdate=19 February 2016}} The genus is native to the western United States and Mexico.
Species and subspecies
The genus Rhinocheilus contains the following species and subspecies which are recognized as being valid.{{EMBL genus|genus=Rhinocheilus}}. www.reptile-database.org.
- Rhinocheilus antonii {{small|Dugès, 1886}}
- Rhinocheilus etheridgei {{small|Grismer, 1990}} – Etheridge's long-nosed snakeBeolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Rhinocheilus etheridgei, p. 86).
- Rhinocheilus lecontei {{small|Baird & Girard, 1853}} – long-nosed snake
- Rhinocheilus lecontei lecontei {{small|Baird & Girard, 1853}} – western long-nosed snake
- Rhinocheilus lecontei tessellatus {{small|Garman, 1883}} – Texas long-nosed snake
References
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Further reading
{{Commons}}
- Baird SF, Girard C (1853). Catalogue of North American Reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Part I.—Serpents. Washington, District of Columbia: Smithsonian Institution. xvi + 172 pp. (Rhinocheilus, new genus, p. 120).
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Category:Taxa named by Spencer Fullerton Baird
Category:Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard
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