Biology:Xenodon merremi

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Xenodon merremi
Xenodon merremii in Lençóis Maranhenses National Park - ZooKeys-246-051-g007-G.jpeg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Xenodon
Species:
X. merremi
Binomial name
Xenodon merremi
(Wagler, 1824)
Synonyms[1]
  • Ophis merremii
    Wagler, 1824
  • Xenodon merremi
    — Fitzinger, 1826
  • Xenodon irregularis
    Günther, 1863
  • Trigonocephalus flavescens
    Bacqué, 1906
  • Trigonocephalus alternatus binocularius
    Bacqué, 1906
  • Waglerophis merremii
    — Romano & Hoge, 1972
  • Xenodon merremi
    — Wallach et al., 2014

Xenodon merremi is a species of snake in the family Dipsadidae. The species is endemic to South America.[1]

Etymology

The specific name, merremi, is in honor of German herpetologist Blasius Merrem.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Species Xenodon merremi at The Reptile Database .
  2. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Waglerophis merremi, p. 176).

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA. 1894. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I-XX. (Xenodon merremii, pp. 150–151).
  • Freiberg M. 1982. Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN:0-87666-912-7. (Waglerophis merremii, pp. 113, 144 + photographs on pp. 21, 159, 162).
  • Wagler J in Spix J. 1824. Serpentum Brasiliensum species novae ou histoire naturelle des espèces nouvelles de serpens, recueillies et observées pendant le voyage dans l'intérieur du Brésil dans les années 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820, exécuté par ordre de sa Majesté le Roi de Baviére. Munich: F.S. Hübschmann. viii + 75 pp. + Plates I-XXVI. (Ophis merremii, new species, p. 47 + Plate XVII). (in Latin).
  • Wallach V, Williams KL, Boundy J. 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. xxviii + 1,209 pp. ISBN:978-1-4822-0847-4. (Xenodon merremii, p. 785).

Wikidata ☰ Q3570888 entry