Biology:Dromicodryas
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Short description: Genus of snakes
Dromicodryas | |
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Dromicodryas bernieri | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Pseudoxyrhophiidae |
Subfamily: | Pseudoxyrhophiinae |
Genus: | Dromicodryas Boulenger, 1893 |
Species | |
Two recognized species, see article. |
Dromicodryas is a genus of pseudoxyrophiid snakes found only on the island of Madagascar . They are harmless to humans.
Species
Two species are currently recognized.[1]
- Dromicodryas bernieri (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – Bernier's striped snake
- Dromicodryas quadrilineatus (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – four-striped snake
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Dromicodryas.
Etymology
The specific name, bernieri, is in honor of French naval surgeon Alphonse Charles Joseph Bernier (1802–1858), who collected natural history specimens in Madagascar.[2]
References
- ↑ Dromicodryas at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 February 2014.
- ↑ 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. (Dromicodryas bernieri, p. 24).
Further reading
- Boulenger G (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. (Dromicodryas, new genus, p. 189; species D. bernieri, pp. 189–190; species D. quadrilineatus, pp. 190–191).
External links
- Genus Dromicodryas at The Reptile Database
Wikidata ☰ Q3039981 entry
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