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Scaphiophis
Sign in to saveScaphiophis is a genus of African snakes in the family Colubridae. Common names include hook-nosed snakes and shovel-nosed snakes.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Scaphiophis is referenced by 9 other articles, and connects out to Africa, Animalia and snake.
It is catalogued under topics including Scaphiophis, Snake genera and Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters.
Its subject is documented across 13 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
African Hook-nosed Snake
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyColubridae
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Colubrinae
- Image
- African Shovel-nosed Snake (Scaphiophis albopunctatus) (7652092036).jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Species
- Etymology
- References
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Scaphiophis is a genus of African snakes in the family Colubridae. Common names include hook-nosed snakes and shovel-nosed snakes.
==Species== Two species are recognized as being valid. Scaphiophis albopunctatus - African shovel-nosed snake Scaphiophis raffreyi - Ethiopian hook-nosed snake
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