Sakashima green snake

Sakashima Green Snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Colubrinae
Genus: Liopeltis
Species: L. herminae
Binomial name
Liopeltis herminae
(Boettger, 1895)
Synonyms
  • Ablabes herminae Boettger, 1895
  • Liopeltis herminae Stejneger, 1907
  • Entichinus herminae Cundall, 1981
  • Opheodrys herminae
  • Eurypholis herminae
  • Cyclophiops herminae Toriba, 1989[1]

The Sakashima green snake, Liopeltis herminae,[2] is a species of snake in the Colubridae family. It is endemic to Japan.

Etymology

The specific name, herminae, is in honor of Boettger's wife, Hermine Boettger.[3]

References

  1. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. "IUCN". Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins; and Michael Grayson. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press. Baltimore. 312 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cyclophiops herminae, p. 122.)

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