Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.
 
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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:
5 species, of which 2 (40.0%) 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,
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 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 eastern Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Armenia, and Azerbaijan refer to satunini.
Presence in Saudi Arabia needs confirmation (Aloufi, Amr, Baker & Hamidan 2019).
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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