Lytorhynchus maynardi
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Lytorhynchus |
| Species: | L. maynardi
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| Lytorhynchus maynardi | |
Lytorhynchus maynardi, Maynard's longnose sand snake, is a species of snake found in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran.[2] The species is fossorial and in Iran occurs in sand dune habitats at altitudes around 500 m.[3] The species' type locality is in southern Afghanistan at an elevation of 1310 m.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Papenfuss, T.; Anderson, S.; Khan, M. (2021). "Lytorhynchus maynardi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T164574A48903212. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T164574A48903212.en. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
- ^ Lytorhynchus maynardi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ Salemi, Ali; Heydari, Nastaran; Mahin, Mohammad Jahan (2018). "A new distribution record for the rare Maynard's Longnose Sand Snake, Lytorhynchus maynardi Alcock and Finn, 1896 from Nikshahr, southeastern Iran". Herpetology Notes. 11: 617. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
- ^ Wallach, Van; Williams, Kenneth L.; Boundy, Jeff (22 April 2014). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press. p. 416. ISBN 978-1-4822-0847-4. Retrieved 16 October 2023.