Chamaelycus

Chamaelycus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Boodontinae
Genus: Chamaelycus
Boulenger, 1919[1]
Species

4 recognized species, see article.

Chamaelycus is a genus of colubrid snakes, commonly referred to as banded snakes, endemic to Central Africa.[2]

Species

The following four species are recognized as being valid.[2]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Chamaelycus.

Etymology

The specific names, christyi, parkeri, and werneri, are in honor of Drs. Cuthbert Christy, Hampton Wildman Parker, and Franz Werner, respectively.[3]

References

  1. Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de.
  2. 1 2 The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Chamaelycus christyi, p. 54; C. parkeri, p. 200; C. werneri, p. 282).

Further reading


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