# Rhynchocalamus

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{{Short description|Genus of snakes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus satunini.jpg
| image_caption = ''[Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus](/source/Rhynchocalamus_melanocephalus)''
| taxon = Rhynchocalamus
| authority = [Günther](/source/Albert_G%C3%BCnther), 1864
| subdivision_ranks = Species
}}

'''''Rhynchocalamus''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of snakes in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Colubridae](/source/Colubridae).

==Species==
The following [species](/source/species) are recognized as being valid.<ref>{{EMBL genus|genus=Rhynchocalamus}}</ref>
*''[Rhynchocalamus arabicus](/source/Rhynchocalamus_arabicus)'' {{small|[Schmidt](/source/Karl_Patterson_Schmidt), 1933}} - Aden kukri snake
*''[Rhynchocalamus dayanae](/source/Rhynchocalamus_dayanae)'' {{small|Tamar, Šmíd, Göçmen, Meiri & Carranza, 2016}} - Dayan’s kukri snake
*''[Rhynchocalamus hejazicus](/source/Rhynchocalamus_hejazicus)''<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Licata |first1=Fulvio |last2=Pola |first2=Lukáš |last3=Šmíd |first3=Jiří |last4=Ibrahim |first4=Adel A. |last5=Liz |first5=André Vicente |last6=Santos |first6=Bárbara |last7=Patkó |first7=László |last8=Abdulkareem |first8=Ayman |last9=Gonçalves |first9=Duarte V. |last10=AlShammari |first10=Ahmed Mohajja |last11=Busais |first11=Salem |last12=Egan |first12=Damien M. |last13=Ramalho |first13=Ricardo M. O. |last14=Smithson |first14=Josh |last15=Brito |first15=José Carlos |date=2024-05-30 |title=The missing piece of the puzzle: A new and widespread species of the genus Rhynchocalamus Günther, 1864 (Squamata, Colubridae) from the Arabian Peninsula |url=https://zse.pensoft.net/article/123441/ |journal=Zoosystematics and Evolution |volume=100 |issue=2 |pages=691–704 |doi=10.3897/zse.100.123441 |doi-access=free |issn=1860-0743}}</ref> <small>L</small><small>icata, Pola, Šmíd, Ibrahim, Liz, Santos, Patkó, Abdulkareem, Gonçalves, AlShammari, Buasis, Egan, Ramalho, Smithson & Brito, 2024</small> - Hejaz black–collared snake
*''[Rhynchocalamus levitoni](/source/Rhynchocalamus_levitoni)'' <small>Torki, 2017</small>
*''[Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus](/source/Rhynchocalamus_melanocephalus)'' {{small|([Jan](/source/Giorgio_Jan), 1862)}} - Palestine kukri snake
*''[Rhynchocalamus satunini](/source/Rhynchocalamus_satunini)'' {{small|([Nikolsky](/source/Alexander_Mikhailovich_Nikolsky), 1899)}} - Palestine kukri snake

''[Nota bene](/source/Nota_bene)'': A [binomial authority](/source/Binomial_nomenclature) in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Rynchocalamus''.

In 2024, a species ''Rhynchocalamus hejazicus'' was discovered in the [Hejaz](/source/Hejaz) region. An official placement is pending. <ref>{{Cite web  |year=2024 |title=The missing piece of the puzzle: A new and widespread species of the genus Rhynchocalamus Günther, 1864 (Squamata, Colubridae) from the Arabian Peninsula |url=https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Habitats-of-the-holotype-and-two-paratype-specimens-of-R-hejazicus-sp-nov-Top_fig5_380978858 |access-date=June 2, 2024}}</ref>

==Taxonomy==
The species formerly known as ''Rhynchocalamus barani'' has been assigned to the [monotypic](/source/Monotypic_taxon) genus ''[Muhtarophis](/source/Muhtarophis)'' as ''[Muhtarophis barani](/source/Muhtarophis_barani)''.

==References==
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==Further reading==
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*[Günther A](/source/Albert_G%C3%BCnther) (1864). "Report on a Collection of Reptiles and Fishes from Palestine". ''Proc. Zool. Soc. London'' '''1864''': 488–493. (''Rhynchocalamus'', new genus, p.&nbsp;491).

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Category:Rhynchocalamus
Category:Snake genera
Category:Taxa named by Albert Günther

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