Hydromorphus
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Hydromorphus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
Genus: | Hydromorphus W. Peters, 1859 |
Hydromorphus is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae.[1]
Geographic range[edit]
The genus Hydromorphus is endemic to Central America.[1]
Species[edit]
Two species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Hydromorphus concolor W. Peters, 1859
- Hydromorphus dunni Slevin, 1942
Etymology[edit]
The specific name, dunni, is in honor of American herpetologist Emmett Reid Dunn.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Genus Hydromorphus 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. (Hydromorphus dunni, p. 77).
Further reading[edit]
- 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 Hydromorphus, p. 185; species H. concolor, p. 185).
- Peters W (1859). "Über die von Hrn. Dr. Hoffman in Costa Rica gesammelten und an das Königl. zoologische Museum gesandten Schlangen ". Monatsbericht der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1859: 275-278. (Hydromorphus, new genus, pp. 276–277; H. concolor, new species, p. 277). (in German).
- Slevin JR (1942). "Notes on a Collection of Reptiles from Boquete, Panama, with the Description of a New Species of Hydromorphus ". Proceedings of the California Acadademy of Sciences, Fourth Series 23: 463-480 + Plates 39-42. (Hydromorphus dunni, new species, p. 474 + Plate 39, figures 1-3).Error: "Q5082339" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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- Dipsadidae
- Snake genera
- Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters