Amastridium
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Amastridium | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
Genus: | Amastridium Cope, 1861 |
Species | |
Two recognized species, see text. |
Amastridium is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae.[1] The genus is endemic to Mexico, Central America and Colombia.
Species and geographic ranges[edit]
The genus Amastridium contains the following two species which are recognized as being valid.[2]
- Amastridium sapperi (F. Werner, 1903) – Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico
- Amastridium veliferum Cope, 1860 – Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Amastridium.
Etymology[edit]
The specific name, sapperi, is in honor of German explorer Karl Sapper.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, Baillargeon G, Ouvrard D, eds. (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
- ^ Genus Amastridium at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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. ("Amastridium veliferum sapperi ", p. 232).
Further reading[edit]
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- Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I-XX. (Genus Amastridium, p. 352).
- Cope ED (1861). "Descriptions of Reptiles from Tropical America and Asia". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1860: 368–374. (Amastridium, new genus, p. 370).Error: "Q14179667" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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