Elapomorphus
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Elapomorphus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
Genus: | Elapomorphus Wiegmann in Fitzinger, 1843 |
Elapomorphus is a genus of venomous snakes of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Brazil.[1]
Species[edit]
The genus Elapomorphus contains two species.[1]
- Elapomorphus quinquelineatus (Raddi, 1820)
- Elapomorphus wuchereri Günther, 1861
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Elapomorphus.
Etymology[edit]
The specific name, wuchereri, is in honor of Portuguese-born German-Brazilian herpetologist Otto Edward Henry Wucherer.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Genus Elapomorphus at The Reptile Database.
- ^ 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. (Elapomorphus wuchereri, p. 290).
Further reading[edit]
- Günther A (1861). "Account of the Reptiles sent by Dr. Wucherer from Bahia". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Third Series 7: 412–417. ("Elapomorphus Wuchereri ", new species, pp. 415–416).
- Raddi G (1820). "Di alcune specie nuove di rettili, e piante brasiliane ". Memorie di Matematica e di Fisica della Società Italiana residente in Modena 18: 313–349. ("Coluber 5-lineatus ", new species, pp. 339–340). (in Italian and Latin).
- Wiegmann [AFA] in Fitzinger L (1843). Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae. Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. ("Elapomorphus Wiegm.", new genus, p. 25). (in Latin).Error: "Q5091293" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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