Sakashima green snake

Sakashima Green Snake
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 2.3)
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

• World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Opheodrys herminae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.

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.)

Further reading

• Boettger, O. 1895. Neue Frösche und Schlangen von den Liukiu-Inseln. Zoologischer Anzeiger 18: 266-270. ("Ablabes herminae n. sp.", p. 269.)
• Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ),... Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History) (Taylor and Francis, Printers.) London. xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I.- XXV. ("Ablabes herminæ", p. 643.)