Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Vertebrata Suborder Serpentes Scientific name Lytorhynchus paradoxus Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Squamata Family Colubridae Higher classification Lytorhynchus | |
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Similar Lytorhynchus, Snake, Reptile, Colubridae, Lycodon travancoricus | ||
Lytorhynchus paradoxus, commonly known as the Sind longnose sand snake, is a species of snake endemic to the desert areas of Pakistan and India (Rajasthan).
Description
Snout long and acutely pointed; rostral with a lateral cleft; suture between the internasals shorter than that between the prefrontals and shorter than the upper part of the rostral; frontal nearly as long as its distance from the end of the snout, as long as the parietals; supraocular narrow; three preoculars; two postoculars; temporals 2+2 or 2+3; upper labials 8, fifth entering the eye; 4 lower labials in contact with the anterior chin shields, which are shorter but much broader than the posterior.
Dorsal scales in 19 rows at midbody. Ventrals slightly angulate laterally, 169-175; anal divided; subcaudals 40-53.
Cream-coloured above, with a dorsal series of transverse brown spots and a less distinct lateral series of smaller spots on each side; a large rhomboidal brown spot on the back of the head, and a brown band behind the eye; lower parts white.
Total length 14 inches (360 mm); tail 2.3 inches (58 mm).