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Lytorhynchus diadema (DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL, 1854)

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Crowned Leafnose Snake, Diademed Sand Snake, Awl-headed Snake
G: Gekrönte Schnauzennatter 
SynonymHeterodon diadema DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 779
Lytorhynchus diadema — PETERS 1862
Catachlein diadema — JAN 1865
Simotes (Chatachlein) diadema — BOETTGER 1879: 61
Catachlaena diadema — BLANFORD 1881: 678
Lytorhynchus diadema — BOULENGER 1887: 408
Lytorhynchus diadema — BOULENGER 1893: 415
Lytorhynchus gaddi NIKOLSKY 1907
Lytorhynchus diadema — PAPENFUSS 1969: 308
Lytorhynchus gaddi — EISSA & ASSY 1975
Lytorhynchus gaddi — MARTENS 1993
Lithorhynchus diadema diadema [sic] — SOCHUREK 1979
Lytorhynchus diadema — GASPERETTI 1988: 247
Lytorhynchus diadema — SCHLEICH, KÄSTLE & KABISCH 1996: 494
Lytorhynchus diadema —TRAPE & MANÉ 2006
Lytorhynchus diadema — WALLACH et al. 2014: 415
Lytorhynchus diadema — MEIRI et al. 2019
Lytorhynchus diadema — MORADI et al. 2023 
DistributionMauritania, Morocco, Western Sahara, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Niger, Israel, Jordan, Syria, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kuwait, Qatar, Sudan (Jumhūriyyat)

Type locality: Algeria  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 7560, a 380 mm female (Schousboe, 1850) 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2490 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy: L. (d.) kennedyi is considered by some authors as a color morph of L. diadema.

Subspecies: Lytorhynchus diadema gaddi is often considered as a valid species, as it is here.

Type species: Heterodon diadema DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 779 is the type species of the genus Lytorhynchus PETERS 1862.

Key: Leviton 1970, 1977 presents a key to the species of Lytorhynchus.

NCBI taxon ID: 2201467 [gaddi]

Distribution: See map in Burriel-Carranza et al. 2019 for map in UAE and Sindaco et al. 2013 for a general map and Bar et al. 2021. In Qatar fide Wikipedia. 
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