Meizodon

Meizodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Colubrinae
Genus: Meizodon
Fischer, 1856[1]
Species

Five recognized species, see article.

Meizodon is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Colubrinae. There are five species of Meizodon, all of which are poorly known and found in Sub-Saharan Africa.[2]

Species list

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

Etymology

The specific name, krameri, is in honor of Swiss herpetologist Eugen Kramer (1921-2004).[3]

References

  1. "Meizodon ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Serpentes/colubroidea/colubridae/colubrinae.
  2. "Meizodon ". 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. (Meizodon krameri, p. 146).

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