Rhynchocalamus
{{Short description|Genus of snakes}}
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| image = Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus satunini.jpg
| image_caption = Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus
| taxon = Rhynchocalamus
| authority = Günther, 1864
| subdivision_ranks = Species
}}
Rhynchocalamus is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae.
Species
The following species are recognized as being valid.{{EMBL genus|genus=Rhynchocalamus}}
- Rhynchocalamus arabicus {{small|Schmidt, 1933}} - Aden kukri snake
- Rhynchocalamus dayanae {{small|Tamar, Šmíd, Göçmen, Meiri & Carranza, 2016}} - Dayan’s kukri snake
- Rhynchocalamus levitoni Torki, 2017
- Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus {{small|(Jan, 1862)}} - Palestine kukri snake
- Rhynchocalamus satunini {{small|(Nikolsky, 1899)}} - Palestine kukri snake
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Rynchocalamus.
In 2024, a species Rhynchocalamus hejazicus was discovered in the Hejaz region. An official placement is pending. {{Cite web |year=2024 |title=The missing piece of the puzzle: A new and widespread species of the genus Rhynchocalamus Günther, 1864 (Squamata, Colubridae) from the Arabian Peninsula |url=https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Habitats-of-the-holotype-and-two-paratype-specimens-of-R-hejazicus-sp-nov-Top_fig5_380978858 |access-date=June 2, 2024}}
Taxonomy
The species formerly known as Rhynchocalamus barani has been assigned to the monotypic genus Muhtarophis as Muhtarophis barani.
References
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Further reading
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- Günther A (1864). "Report on a Collection of Reptiles and Fishes from Palestine". Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1864: 488–493. (Rhynchocalamus, new genus, p. 491).
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Category:Taxa named by Albert Günther
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