Pseudoxenodon
| Pseudoxenodon | |
|---|---|
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| Pseudoxenodon macrops | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Pseudoxenodontidae[1] |
| Genus: | Pseudoxenodon Boulenger, 1890 |
Pseudoxenodon is a genus of snakes of the family Pseudoxenodontidae.[1]
Species
The following six species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Pseudoxenodon bambusicola T. Vogt, 1922
- Pseudoxenodon baramensis (M.A. Smith, 1921)
- Pseudoxenodon inornatus (F. Boie, 1827)
- Pseudoxenodon karlschmidti Pope, 1928
- Pseudoxenodon macrops (Blyth, 1855)
- Pseudoxenodon stejnegeri Barbour, 1908
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pseudoxenodon.
Etymology
The specific names, karlschmidti and stejnegeri, are in honor of American herpetologists Karl Patterson Schmidt and Leonhard Stejneger, respectively.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 Genus Pseudoxenodon at The Reptile Database.
- ↑ 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. (Pseudoxenodon karlschmidtii, p. 138; Pseudoxenodon stejnegeri, pp. 252-253).
Further reading
- 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. (Pseudoxenodon, new genus, p. 340).
- Boulenger GA. 1893. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Genus Pseudoxenodon, p. 270).
- Smith MA. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia, Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Genus Pseudoxenodon, p. 311).
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