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. 1 2 3 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).

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