Rhinobothryum

Rhinobothryum is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae.

Geographic range

The genus Rhinobothryum is endemic to Central America and South America.

Species

Two species are recognized as being valid.

• Rhinobothryum bovallii <small>Andersson, 1916</small>
• Rhinobothryum lentiginosum<small> (Scopoli, 1785)</small> - Amazon banded snake

References

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Genus Rhinobothryum, p.&nbsp;82).
• Wagler J (1830). Natürliches System der AMPHIBIEN, mit vorangehender Classification der SÄUGTHIERE und VÖGEL. Ein Beitreg zur vergleichenden Zoologie. Munich, Stuttgart and Tübingen: J.G. Cotta. vi + 354 pp. + one plate. (Rhinobothryum, new genus, p.&nbsp;186). (in German and Latin).