Rhachidelus

Rhachidelus is a genus of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae. The genus is endemic to South America.

Rhachidelus

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Rhachidelus
Boulenger, 1908
Species:
R. brazili
Binomial name
Rhachidelus brazili
Boulenger, 1908

Species

The genus Rhachidelus is monotypic, containing the sole species Rhachidelus brazili,[2] which is commonly known as the Brazilian bird snake.

Etymology

The specific name, brazili, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Vital Brazil.[3]

Geographic range

R. brazili is found in northeastern Argentina, southern Brazil, and southeastern Paraguay.[4]

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References
  1. "Rhachidelus brazili". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010. 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  2. Rhachidelus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 23 December 2016.
  3. 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. (Rhachidelus brazili, p. 37).
  4. Rhachidelus brazili at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 23 December 2016.

Further reading
  • Boulenger GA (1908). "On a new Genus of Snakes from Brazil". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Eighth Series 2: 31–32. (Rhachidelus, new genus; R. brazili, new species).
  • Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Rhachidelus, pp. 79, 108).


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