Lytorhynchus
Lytorhynchus is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae.
Geographic range
Species of the genus Lytorhynchus are found from North Africa, eastward through the Middle East, to Pakistan and western India.Species
Seven species are recognized as being valid.Lytorhynchus diadema – awl-headed snake, crowned leafnose snake, diademed sand snakeLytorhynchus gaddi Nikolsky, 1907 Lytorhynchus gasperetti Leviton, 1977 – Leviton's leafnose snakeLytorhynchus kennedyi Schmidt, 1939 – Kennedy's leafnose snakeLytorhynchus maynardi Alcock & Finn, 1897 – Maynard's longnose sand snakeLytorhynchus paradoxus – Sindh awl-headed snake Lytorhynchus ridgewayi Boulenger, 1887 – Derafshi snakeNota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lytorhynchus.