Chilorhinophis is a genus of mildly venomous snakes endemic to Africa. Currently, three species are recognized.[1]

Chilorhinophis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Atractaspididae
Subfamily: Aparallactinae
Genus: Chilorhinophis
F. Werner, 1907
Common name: two-headed snakes.

Species

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Genus Chilorhinophis -- 3 species
Species[1] Taxon author[1] Subspecies*[1] Common name[2] Geographic range[2]
C. butleriT F. Werner, 1907 ———— Butler's two-headed snake Africa: Mongalla, South Sudan.
C. carpenteri (Parker, 1927) liwalensis Liwale two-headed snake Africa: Mozambique, southeastern Tanzania.
C. gerardi (Boulenger, 1913) tanganyikae Gerard's black and yellow burrowing snake Africa: southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania.

*) Not including the nominate subspecies. T) Type species.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Chilorhinophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 5 September 2007.
  2. ^ a b Chilorhinophis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 May 2009.

Further reading

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  • Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised Edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Genus Chilorhinophis, p. 67).
  • Loveridge A (1958). "Revision of Five African Snake Genera". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 119: 1–198. (Genus Chilorhinophis, pp. 168–169).
  • Werner F (1907). "Ergebnisse der mit Subvention aus der Erbschaft Treitl unternommenen zoologischen Forschungreise Dr. Franz Werner's in den ägyptischen Sudan und nach Nord-Uganda. XII. Die Reptilien und Amphibien ". Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften [Vienna] 116: 1823-1926 + Plates I-IV. (Chilorhinophis, new genus, p. 1881). (in German).