Species

Rhynchocalamus hejazicus

Rhynchocalamus hejazicus · described by LICATA, POLA, ŠMÍD, IBRAHIM, LIZ, SANTOS, PATKÓ, ABDULKAREEM, GONÇALVES, ALSHAMMARI, BUSAIS, EGAN, RAMALHO, SMITHSON & BRITO 2024

Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus, a close relative of Rhynchocalamus hejazicus

Pictured: Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus, a close relative from the same genus. This species is still waiting for its first free photo.

Photo: Nasser Halaweh, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The facts

Scientific name
Rhynchocalamus hejazicus
First described
LICATA, POLA, ŠMÍD, IBRAHIM, LIZ, SANTOS, PATKÓ, ABDULKAREEM, GONÇALVES, ALSHAMMARI, BUSAIS, EGAN, RAMALHO, SMITHSON & BRITO 2024
Class
Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order
Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Group
Snakes (Serpentes)
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Rhynchocalamus

Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.

Where it sits on the tree