Rhinocheilus

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.

Rhinocheilus
Texas long-nosed snake (Rhinocheilus lecontei tessellatus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Tribe:	Lampropeltini
Genus:	Rhinocheilus Baird & Girard, 1853
Species
Three recognized species, see article.

Species and subspecies

The 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

1. 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.
2. Genus Rhinocheilus at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
3. 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

• 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).