Spalerosophis is a small genus of snakes in the family Colubridae.
Geographic range Member species are found in a wide range throughout Southern Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa.
Species The following species six species are recognized as being valid.. www.reptile-database.org. Spalerosophis arenarius – red-spotted diadem snake, red-spotted royal snake Spalerosophis atriceps – diadem snake, royal snake Spalerosophis diadema – diadem snake, royal snake Spalerosophis dolichospilus – Mograbin diadem snake, Werner's diadem snake Spalerosophis josephscorteccii – Scortecci's diadem snakeBeolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Spalerosophis josephscorteccii, p. 240). Spalerosophis microlepis – Jan's diadem snake, zebra snake
References
Further reading Jan G (1865). "Prime linee d'una fauna della Persia occidentale ". pp. 342–357. In: De Filippi F (1865). Note di un viaggio in Persia. Milan: G. Daelli. 369 pp. (Spalerosophis, new genus, p. 356). (in Italian).