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Rhinocheilus
	Texas long-nosed snake (Rhinocheilus lecontei tessellatus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Tribe:	Lampropeltini
Genus:	Rhinocheilus; Baird & Girard, 1853
Species
	Three recognized species, see article.

Rhinocheilus is a genus of snakes, commonly called the long-nosed snakes, in the family Colubridae.^[1] The genus is native to the western United States and Mexico.

Species and subspecies

The genus Rhinocheilus contains the following species and subspecies which are recognized as being valid.^[2]

Rhinocheilus antonii Dugès, 1886
Rhinocheilus etheridgei Grismer, 1990 – Etheridge's long-nosed snake^[3]
Rhinocheilus lecontei Baird & Girard, 1853 – long-nosed snake
- Rhinocheilus lecontei lecontei Baird & Girard, 1853 – western long-nosed snake
- Rhinocheilus lecontei tessellatus Garman, 1883 – Texas long-nosed snake

^ Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, Baillargeon G, Ouvrard D, eds. (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
^ Genus Rhinocheilus at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Rhinocheilus etheridgei, p. 86).