Phyllorhynchus
Phyllorhychus browni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Colubrinae
Genus: Phyllorhynchus
Stejneger, 1890

Phyllorhynchus is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is native to the southwestern United States and adjacent northwestern Mexico[1]

Species

The genus Phyllorhynchus contains two species which are recognized as being valid.[1]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Phyllorhynchus.

Description

Snakes of the genus Phyllorhynchus are heavy-bodied, but small, 6 to 20 in (15 to 51 cm) in total length, which includes a short tail. The snout is short and shovel-like. The rostral scale is enlarged and has free lateral edges.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Genus Phyllorhynchus at The Reptile Database.
  2. ^ Wright AH, Wright AA (1957). Handbook of Snakes of the United States and Canada. Ithaca and London: Comstock Publishing Associates, a Division of Cornell University Press. 1,105 pp. (in 2 volumes). (Genus Phyllorhynchus, p. 69, Figure 19, h-j; p. 569, map 45).

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