Common name: two-headed snakes. Chilorhinophis is a genus of mildly venomous snakes endemic to Africa. Currently, three species are recognized.
Species Genus Chilorhinophis -- 3 speciesSpeciesTaxon authorSubspecies*Common nameGeographic rangeC. butleriTF. Werner, 1907————Butler's two-headed snakeAfrica: Mongalla, South Sudan. C. carpenteri(Parker, 1927)liwalensis Liwale two-headed snakeAfrica: Mozambique, southeastern Tanzania.C. gerardi(Boulenger, 1913)tanganyikae Gerard's black and yellow burrowing snakeAfrica: southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania. *) Not including the nominate subspecies. T) Type species.
See also Snakebite
References
Further reading Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised Edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. . (Genus Chilorhinophis, p. 67). Loveridge A (1958). "Revision of Five African Snake Genera". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 119: 1–198. (Genus Chilorhinophis, pp. 168–169). Werner F (1907). "Ergebnisse der mit Subvention aus der Erbschaft Treitl unternommenen zoologischen Forschungreise Dr. Franz Werner's in den ägyptischen Sudan und nach Nord-Uganda. XII. Die Reptilien und Amphibien ". Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften [Vienna] 116: 1823-1926 + Plates I-IV. (Chilorhinophis, new genus, p. 1881). (in German).