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Reptilia    Squamata (part)    Colubridae  

Saddled Leaf-nosed Snake
Phyllorhynchus browni Stejneger, 1890

Current SSAR Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Brown's Leaf-nosed Snake (Phyllorhynchus browni: Van Denburgh, John. 1922. The Reptiles of Western North America: An Account of the Species Known to Inhabit California and Oregon, Washinton, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, British Columbia, Sonora, and Lower California. Volume I. Lizards. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. 556pp.); Pima Leaf-nosed Snake (Phyllorhynchus browni browni: Schmidt, Karl Peterson and D. D. Davis. 1941. Field Book of Snakes of the United States and Canada. C.P. Putnam and Sons, New York. 365pp.); Maricopa Leaf-nosed Snake (Phyllorhynchus browni lucidus: Schmidt, Karl Peterson and D. D. Davis. 1941. Field Book of Snakes of the United States and Canada. C.P. Putnam and Sons, New York. 365pp.); Brown't Leaf-nosed Snake (Phyllorhynchus browni: Schmidt, Karl P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
The Reptile Database
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Pertinent LIterature:
1890 Stejneger, Leonhard. On a new genus and species of colubrine snakes from North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 13(802):151-155

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