Biology:Meizodon

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Short description: Genus of snakes


Meizodon
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Colubrinae
Genus: Meizodon
Fischer, 1856[1]
Species

Five recognized species, see article.

Meizodon is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The genus Meizodon contains five species, all of which are poorly known and are endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa.[2]

Species list

  • Meizodon coronatus (Schlegel, 1837) - western crowned snake
  • Meizodon krameri Schätti, 1985 - Tana Delta smooth snake
  • Meizodon plumbiceps (Boettger, 1893) - black-headed smooth snake
  • Meizodon regularis Fischer, 1856 - eastern crowned smooth snake
  • Meizodon semiornatus (W. Peters, 1854) - semiornate smooth snake, semiornate snake

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Meizodon.

Etymology

The specific name, krameri, is in honor of Swiss herpetologist Eugen Kramer (1921-2004).[3]

References

  1. "Meizodon ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Serpentes/colubroidea/colubridae/colubrinae.
  2. "Meizodon ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 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. (Meizodon krameri, p. 146).

Further reading

  • Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN:0-88359-042-5. (Genus Meizodon, p. 93).
  • Fischer JG (1856). "Neue Schlangen des Hamburgischen Naturhistorischen Museums ". Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften 3 (4): 79-116. (Meizodon, new genus, p. 112). (in German).

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q286933 entry