Spalerosophis Explained

Spalerosophis is a small genus of snakes in the family Colubridae.

Geographic range

Member species are found in a wide range throughout Southern Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa.

Species

The following species six species are recognized as being valid.^[1]

• Spalerosophis arenarius – red-spotted diadem snake, red-spotted royal snake
• Spalerosophis atriceps – diadem snake, royal snake
• Spalerosophis diadema – diadem snake, royal snake
• Spalerosophis dolichospilus – Mograbin diadem snake, Werner's diadem snake
• Spalerosophis josephscorteccii – Scortecci's diadem snake^[2]
• Spalerosophis microlepis – Jan's diadem snake, zebra snake

Further reading

• Jan G (1865). "Prime linee d'una fauna della Persia occidentale ". pp. 342–357. In: De Filippi F (1865). Note di un viaggio in Persia. Milan: G. Daelli. 369 pp. (Spalerosophis, new genus, p. 356). (in Italian).

Notes and References

1. . www.reptile-database.org.
2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Spalerosophis josephscorteccii, p. 240).