
Long-nosed Snakes
Rhinocheilus
The long-nosed snake, Rhinocheilus lecontei, is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake, which is endemic to North America. It is the only species in the genus Rhinocheilus, but has four recognized subspecies, though more modern research has cast some doubt on that classification.
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Long-nosed Snake
speciesRhinocheilus lecontei

Mexican Long-nosed Snake
speciesRhinocheilus antonii

Isla Cerralvo Long-nosed Snake
speciesRhinocheilus etheridgei
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 28759.