title: Lytorhynchus kennedyi
text: # Lytorhynchus kennedyi
  
  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, The female lays clutches of three to five eggs.
  
  