Biology:Elapomorphus
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Short description: Genus of snakes
Elapomorphus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
Genus: | Elapomorphus Wiegmann in Fitzinger, 1843 |
Elapomorphus is a genus of venomous snakes of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Brazil .[1]
Species
The genus Elapomorphus contains two species.[1] -
- Elapomorphus quinquelineatus (Raddi, 1820) - Raddi's lizard-eating snake
- Elapomorphus wuchereri Günther, 1861 - Wucherer's lizard-eating snake
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Elapomorphus.
Etymology
The specific name, wuchereri, is in honor of Portuguese-born German-Brazilian herpetologist Otto Edward Henry Wucherer.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Genus Elapomorphus at The Reptile Database.
- ↑ 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. (Elapomorphus wuchereri, p. 290).
Further reading
- Günther A (1861). "Account of the Reptiles sent by Dr. Wucherer from Bahia". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Third Series 7: 412–417. ("Elapomorphus Wuchereri ", new species, pp. 415–416).
- Raddi G (1820). "Di alcune specie nuove di rettili, e piante brasiliane ". Memorie di Matematica e di Fisica della Società Italiana residente in Modena 18: 313–349. ("Coluber 5-lineatus ", new species, pp. 339–340). (in Italian and Latin).
- Wiegmann [AFA] in Fitzinger L (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. ("Elapomorphus Wiegm.", new genus, p. 25). (in Latin).
Wikidata ☰ Q5091293 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elapomorphus.
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