Species details : Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus (Jan, 1862)

Accepted scientific name:
Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus (Jan, 1862) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus  (Jan, 1862)
Synonyms:
Contia satunini Nikolsky, 1899 (synonym)
Homalosoma melanocephalum Jan, 1862 (synonym)
Infraspecific taxon: Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus melanocephalus (Jan, 1862)
Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus satunini Nikolsky, 1899
Common names:
Common name Language Country
Schwarzkopf-Zwergnatter - - Click here to show the literature
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Schwarzkopfnatter - - Click here to show the literature
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Palestine Kukri Snake En - Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Reptilia ReptileDB
Order Squamata ReptileDB
Family Colubridae ReptileDB
Genus Rhynchocalamus ReptileDB
Distribution: IRN-OO; IRQ-OO; LBS-LB; LBS-SY; PAL-IS; PAL-JO; SIN-OO; TCS-AR; TCS-AZ; TCS-NA; TUR-OO
Lifezones: -
Additional data: -
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Uetz P., Apr-2013
Source database: ReptileDB, 3.0, Mar 2013   99%
Bibliographic citation: Uetz P. & Hošek J. (2025). The Reptile Database (version 3.0, Mar 2013). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Rhynchocalamus&species=melanocephalus
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fe8848b4-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401