Lytorhynchus kennedyi or (also known as Kennedy's leafnose snake) is a non-venomous snake found in Middle East.

Description

''Lytorhynchus kennedyi'' or (''Lytorhynchus diadema kennedyi''), adults range from 30-51 cm in length. Bright orange to reddish, with dark transverse on the body and the tail.

Distribution

Syria, Jordan, probably in SW Iraq (Type locality: Syria, between Horns and Palmyra). This species is found in sandy desert, semi-desert, sandy coastal areas, areas of high grassland plateaus (especially those close to rocky areas), and clay plateaus with rocks. This species digs, but is not considered fossorial In Arabia it appears to occur in a wide range of dry habitats.

Feed

Feeds mainly on lizards but will eat large arthropods and insects and young rodents.

Reproduction

Oviparous Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, dinosaurs (including birds), and ...

, The female lays clutches of three to five eggs.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2366058 Lytorhynchus Reptiles of the Middle East Reptiles described in 1939 Taxa named by Karl Patterson Schmidt