Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update:
July 16th, 2024.
 
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Genus
Rhynchocalamus
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Middle East Black-headed Snakes
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Schwarzkopf-Zwergnattern
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Mellemøstlige Sorthovedsnoge
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1864 |  |
Rhynchocalamus Günther (type species: Homalosoma melanocephalum Jan 1862) |
Contents:
6 species, of which 3 (50.0%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
Previously included
Muhtarophis barani.
Distribution:
Discontinous: Middle East.
Reported from:
Armenia,
Azerbaijan,
Cyprus,
Egypt
(Sinai),
Iran,
Iraq,
Israel,
Jordan,
Lebanon,
Oman,
Saudi Arabia,
Syria,
Turkey,
Yemen.
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Rhynchocalamus arabicus
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South Arabian Black-headed Snake, Aden Black-headed Snake, Aden Kukri Snake
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Südarabische Schwarzkopf-Zwergnatter, Aden-Schwarzkopf-Zwergnatter
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Sydarabisk Sorthovedsnog
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1933 | |
Rhynchocalamus arabicus Schmidt |
Distribution:
Oman,
Yemen.
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Rhynchocalamus dayanae
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Mount Negev Black-headed Snake, (Dayan's Kukri Snake)
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Negev-Schwarzkopf-Zwergnatter
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Negev-sorthovedsnog
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2016 | |
Rhynchocalamus dayanae Tamar, Smid, Göcmen, Meiri & Carranza |
Distribution:
Israel.
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Rhynchocalamus hejazicus
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Hejaz Black-headed Snake, Hejaz Black-collared Snake
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Hejaz-Schwarzkopf-Zwergnatter
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Hejaz-sorthovedsnog
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2024 | |
Rhynchocalamus hejazicus Licata, Pola, Smíd, Ibrahim, Liz, Santos, Patkó, Abdulkareem, Gonçalves, AlShammari, Busais, Egan, Ramalho, Smithson & Brito |
Distribution:
Saudi Arabia.
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Rhynchocalamus levitoni
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Iranian Yellow-headed Snake
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Iranische Gelbkopf-Zwergnatter
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Iransk Gulhovedet Snog
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2017 | |
Lytorhynchus levitoni Torki |
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Rhynchocalamus levitoni Rajabizadeh 2017; Kamali 2020 |
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2017 | |
Rhynchocalamus ilamensis Fathinia, Rastegar-Pouyani, Rastegar-Pouyani & Darvishnia (syn. Rajabizadeh 2017; Kamali 2020) |
Other common names:
ilamensis: Ilam Black-headed Snake
Distribution:
Iran.
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Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus
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Palestine Black-headed Snake, Black-headed Dwarf Snake, Black-headed Ground Snake, Palestine Kukri Snake
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Palestinensische Schwarzkopf-Zwergnatter
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Palestinensisk Sorthovedsnog
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1862 | |
Homalosoma melanocephalum Jan |
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Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus Günther 1864 |
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Oligodon melanocephalus Boulenger 1894 |
Remarks:
Previously included satunini.
Records from Saudi Arabia refer to hejazicus.
Records from eastern Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Armenia, and Azerbaijan refer to satunini.
An old record from Cairo (Anderson 1898) has never been reconfirmed (Venchi & Sindaco 2007).
Distribution:
Cyprus,
Egypt
(Sinai),
Israel,
Jordan,
Lebanon,
Syria,
Turkey.
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Rhynchocalamus satunini
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Armenian Black-headed Snake, (Satunin's Snake)
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Armenische Schwarzkopf-Zwergnatter
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Armensk Sorthovedsnog
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1899 | |
Contia satunini Nikolsky |
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Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus satunini Welch 1983 |
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Rhynchocalamus satunini Smíd, Martínez, Gebhart, Aznar, Gállego, Göcmen, Pous, Tamar & Carranza 2015 |
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1905 | |
Oligodon melanocephalus septentrionalis Werner (Leviton, Anderson, Adler & Minton 1992) |
Distribution:
Armenia,
Azerbaijan,
Iran,
Iraq,
Turkey.
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