Chilorhinophis

Chilorhinophis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Atractaspididae
Genus:	Chilorhinophis Werner, 1907

Common name: two-headed snakes.

Chilorhinophis is a genus of venomous snakes found in Africa. Currently, three species are recognized.^[1]

Species

Genus Chilorhinophis -- 3 species
Species[1]	Taxon author[1]	Subspecies*[1]	Common name[2]	Geographic range[2]
C. butleriT	Werner, 1907	————	Butler's two-headed snake	Africa: Mongalla, South Sudan.
C. carpenteri	(Parker, 1927)	liwalensis	Liwale two-headed snake	Africa: Mozambique, southeastern Tanzania.
C. gerardi	(Boulenger, 1913)	tanganyikae	Gerard's black and yellow burrowing snake	Africa: southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania.

*) Not including the nominate subspecies. ^T) Type species.

See also

• Snakebite.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "Chilorhinophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=700182. Retrieved 5 September 2007. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Chilorhinophis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 May 2009.