Pseudoxenodon

Pseudoxenodon
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]

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. 1 2 3 Genus Pseudoxenodon at The 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. (Pseudoxenodon karlschmidtii, p. 138; Pseudoxenodon stejnegeri, pp. 252-253).

Further reading


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