Pareas hamptoni
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Pareidae |
Genus: | Pareas |
Species: | P. hamptoni
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Binomial name | |
Pareas hamptoni (Boulenger, 1905)
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Synonyms | |
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Pareas hamptoni, also known as Hampton's slug snake, is a species of snake in the family Pareidae.
Etymology
The specific name, hamptoni, is in honor of Herbert Hampton, collector of the holotype.[3]
Geographic range
P. hamptoni is found in Thailand, Myanmar, China, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam.[2][4][5][6]
Original publication
- Boulenger GA (1905). "Descriptions of Two New Snakes from Upper Burma". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16: 235–236. (Amblycephalus hamptoni, new species, p. 236 + Figure 2, five views). (archive.org).
References
- ^ Vogel, G.; Wogan, G. (2012). "Pareas hamptoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T192189A2053105. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192189A2053105.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b Pareas hamptoni at the Reptarium.cz 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. (Pareas hamptoni, p. 115).
- ^ "Pareas hamptoni Boulenger, 1905". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
- ^ "Pareas hamptoni Boulenger, 1905". ubio.org. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
- ^ "Pareas hamptoni ". Thai National Parks. Archived from the original on 25 October 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
Further reading
- 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. (Pareas hamptoni, p. 120).
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pareas hamptoni.
- Flickr photo by Michael Cota, Koh Kut, Trat Provinz, Thailand
- Flickr photo by Zachary Cava, Vietnam
- Flickr photo by Zachary Cava, Vietnam