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Description of a new species of Lytorhynchus (Squamata: Colubridae) from Iran |
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| Authors: | Farhang Torki |
| Affiliation: | Farhang Torki Ecology and Herpetology Center for Research, Nourabad City, Lorestan Province, Iran |
| Abstract: | A new species of the genus Lytorhynchus is described from the Kabir-Koh Mountains, southwestern Iran. Known from a single specimen, it is readily distinguished from its congeners by the form of the rostrum, the number of scales, and the colouration and colour pattern. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:66BC88DF-C092-4F7D-8ECD2860EDAC17B1 |
| Keywords: | Awl-headed Snake Lytorhynchus levitoni sp. n. southwestern Iran |