Cyclophiops doriae

Cyclophiops doriae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Colubrinae
Genus:	Cyclophiops
Species:	C. doriae
Binomial name
Cyclophiops doriae Boulenger, 1888
Synonyms
Cyclophiops doriae Boulenger, 1888 Ablabes doriae — Boulenger, 1890 Liopeltis doriae — Wall, 1924 Eurypholis doriae — Pope, 1935 Entechinus doriae — Cundall, 1981 Cyclophiops doriae — Zhao & Adler, 1993 Ophiodrys [sic] doriae — Das, 1996 Opheodrys doriae — Sharma, 2004[1]

Cyclophiops doriae, commonly known as Doria's green snake, is a species of colubrid snake endemic to Asia.^[1]

Etymology

The specific name, doriae, is in honor of Italian naturalist Giacomo Doria.^[2]

Geographic range

C. doriae is found in China, (Yunnan), Burma (Kachin Hills), and India (Assam).^[1]

References

1. Cyclophiops doriae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
2. 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. (Cyclophiops doriae, p. 75).

Further reading

• Boulenger GA. 1888. An Account of the Reptilia obtained in Burma, north of Tenasserim, by M[onsieur]. L. Fea, of the Genova Civic Museum. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, Series 2, 6 (26): 593-604 + Plates V-VII. (Cyclophiops doriae, new species, p. 599 + Plate VI, figures 1, 1a, 1b).
• Boulenger GA. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (Ablabes doriæ, new combination, pp. 306–307).
• 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. (Ablabes doriæ, pp. 279–280).