Chilorhinophis

Common name: two-headed snakes. Chilorhinophis is a genus of mildly venomous snakes endemic to Africa. Currently, three species are recognized.

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KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassSquamata
FamilyAtractaspididae

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Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Aparallactinae

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Common name: two-headed snakes. Chilorhinophis is a genus of mildly venomous snakes endemic to Africa. Currently, three species are recognized.

==Species== {||cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 border=1 style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;" |- |colspan="100%" align="center" bgcolor="#BBBBFF"|Genus Chilorhinophis -- 3 species |- !bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Species !bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Taxon author !bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Subspecies* !bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Common name !bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Geographic range |- |C. butleriT |F. Werner, 1907 |align="center"|———— |Butler's two-headed snake |style="width:40%"|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.