Biology:Polemon leopoldi
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Atractaspididae |
| Genus: | Polemon |
| Species: | P. leopoldi
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| Polemon leopoldi (de Witte, 1941)
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Polemon leopoldi is a species of rear-fanged venomous snake in the family Atractaspididae.[2] The species is endemic to Africa.[1]
Etymology
The specific name or epithet, leopoldi, is in honor of Leopold III, King of the Belgians.[3]
Geographic range
P. leopoldi is found in Rwanda.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Polemon christyi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ "Polemon ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=700188. Retrieved 5 September 2007.
- ↑ 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. (Polemon leopoldi, p. 155).
Further reading
- de Witte GF (1941). Batraciens et Reptiles. Exploration du Parc National Albert. Mission G.F. de Witte (1933-1935). Fascicule 33. Brussels. 261 pp., 54 figures, 2 color plates, 74 plates, 1 map. (Melanocalamus leopoldi, new species, p. 216). (in French).
Wikidata ☰ Q2716271 entry
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