Rhinocheilus is a genus of snakes, commonly called the long-nosed snakes, in the family Colubridae.[1] The genus is native to the western United States and Mexico.
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| Texas long-nosed snake (Rhinocheilus lecontei tessellatus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Tribe: | Lampropeltini |
| Genus: | Rhinocheilus Baird & Girard, 1853 |
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Three recognized species, see article. | |
Species and subspecies
editThe genus Rhinocheilus contains the following species and subspecies which are recognized as being valid.[2]
- Rhinocheilus antonii Dugès, 1886
- Rhinocheilus etheridgei Grismer, 1990 – Etheridge's long-nosed snake[3]
- Rhinocheilus lecontei Baird & Girard, 1853 – long-nosed snake
- Rhinocheilus lecontei lecontei Baird & Girard, 1853 – western long-nosed snake
- Rhinocheilus lecontei tessellatus Garman, 1883 – Texas long-nosed snake
References
edit- ^ Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, Baillargeon G, Ouvrard D, eds. (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
- ^ Genus Rhinocheilus at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Beolens, 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).
Further reading
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- 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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