Biology:Dryocalamus davisonii
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| Dryocalamus davisonii | |
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| Dryocalamus davisonii from Kaeng Krachan National Park | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Dryocalamus |
| Species: | D. davisonii
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| Binomial name | |
| Dryocalamus davisonii | |
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Dryocalamus davisonii, commonly known as Blanford's bridle snake,[4][5] is a species of harmless colubrid snake endemic to Asia.[3][4] Blanford's bridle snake is so named because its slim body resembles the bridle used to control horses.
Geographic range
D. davisonii is found in Cambodia, China , Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, and Thailand.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, davisonii, is in honor of British ornithologist William Ruxton Davison.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Dryocalamus davisonii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2012: e.T183193A1732700. 2012. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T183193A1732700.en. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/183193/0. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- ↑ "Dryocalamus davisonii ". Animal Diversity Web. http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Dryocalamus_davisonii/classification/. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Dryocalamus davisonii BLANFORD 1878". ubio.org. http://www.ubio.org/browser/details.php?namebankID=191198. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Dryocalamus davisonii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 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. (Dryocalamus davisonii, p. 66).
Further reading
- Blanford WT (1878). "Notes on some Reptilia from the Himalayas and Burma". Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 47 (2): 125-131. (Ulupe davisoni, new species, pp. 129–130). (in Latin and English).
- Boulenger GA (1890). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (Hydrophobus davisonii, new combination, p. 299).
- Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I. Containing the Families ... Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Dryocalamus davisonii, new combination, p. 372).
- Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Dryocalamus davisoni, pp. 274–275).
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q281276 entry
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