Amblyodipsas rodhaini
Amblyodipsas rodhaini, commonly known as Rodhain's purple-glossed snake, is a species of venomous rear-fanged snake in the family Lamprophiidae.[2][3] The species is endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1][2]
Amblyodipsas rodhaini | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Lamprophiidae |
Genus: | Amblyodipsas |
Species: | A. rodhaini |
Binomial name | |
Amblyodipsas rodhaini (de Witte, 1930) | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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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]
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References
- Broadley DG, Schmitz A (2010). "Amblyodipsas rodhaini ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T176272A7208124. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176272A7208124.en.
- Amblyodipsas rodhaini at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2018.
- "Amblyodipsas rodhaini (de Witte, 1930)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- 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 du Congo Belge (Rhinocalamus rhodaini sp. n.)". Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines 19 (1): 1-3. (Rhinocalamus rhodaini [sic], new species). (in French).
- de Witte GF, Laurent RF (1947). "Revision de une groupe de Colubridae africains: genres Calamelaps, Miodon, Aparallactus, et formes affines ". Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique, Série Deuxième 29: 1-134. (Calamelaps rodhaini, new combination). (in French).
- Branch, Bill (2014). A Photographic Guide to Snakes other Reptiles and Amphibians of East Africa, New Edition. Cape Town: Random House Struik. 160 pp. ISBN 978-1-77584-165-4. (Amblyodipsas rodhaini, p. 67).
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