Amblyodipsas rodhaini
| Amblyodipsas rodhaini | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Atractaspididae |
| Genus: | Amblyodipsas |
| Species: | A. rodhaini |
| Binomial name | |
| Amblyodipsas rodhaini (de Witte, 1930) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Amblyodipsas rodhaini, commonly known as Rodhain's purple-glossed snake, is a species of venomous rear-fanged snake in the family Atractaspididae.[2][3] The species is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Etymology
Both the specific name, rodhaini, and the common name, Rodhain's purple-glossed snake, are in honor of Belgian physician and zoologist Jérome Alphonse Hubert Rodhain (1876–1956).[4]
References
- ↑ "Amblyodipsas rodhaini ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ Branch, Bill (2005). A Photographic Guide to Snakes, Other Reptiles and Amphibians of East Africa. Cape Town: Struik. p. 67.
- ↑ "Amblyodipsas". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
- ↑ 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. (Amblyodipsas rodhaini, p. 224).
Further reading
- de Witte GF (1930). "Un serpent do Congo Belge (Rhinocalamus rhodaini sp. n.)". Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 19 (1): 1-3.
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