Lytorhynchus

Lytorhynchus is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae.

Geographic range
Species of the genus Lytorhynchus are found from North Africa, eastward through the Middle East, to Pakistan and western India.

Species
Seven species are recognized as being valid.
 * Lytorhynchus diadema (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – awl-headed snake, crowned leafnose snake, diademed sand snake
 * Lytorhynchus gaddi Nikolsky, 1907
 * Lytorhynchus gasperetti Leviton, 1977 – Leviton's leafnose snake
 * Lytorhynchus kennedyi Schmidt, 1939 – Kennedy's leafnose snake
 * Lytorhynchus maynardi Alcock & Finn, 1897 – Maynard's longnose sand snake
 * Lytorhynchus paradoxus (Günther, 1875) – Sindh awl-headed snake
 * Lytorhynchus ridgewayi Boulenger, 1887 – Derafshi snake

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lytorhynchus.