Hemirhagerrhis
| Hemirhagerrhis | |
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| Hemirhagerrhis nototaenia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Psammophiidae |
| Genus: | Hemirhagerrhis Boettger, 1893[1] |
Hemirhagerrhis is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Psammophiinae within the family Lamprophiidae.[1][2]
Geographic range
The genus Hemirhagerrhis is endemic to Africa.[2]
Species
The genus Hemirhagerrhis contains four species which are recognized as being valid.[2]
- Hemirhagerrhis hildebrandtii (W. Peters, 1878)
- Hemirhagerrhis kelleri Boettger, 1893
- Hemirhagerrhis nototaenia (Günther, 1864)
- Hemirhagerrhis viperina (Bocage, 1873)
- Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Hemirhagerrhis.
Etymology
The specific name, hildebrandtii, is in honor of German botanist Johann Maria Hildebrandt.[3]
The specific name, kellerii, is in honor of Swiss naturalist Conrad Keller.[3]
Reproduction
Snakes of the genus Hemirhagerrhis are oviparous.[2]
References
- ^ a b Genus Hemirhagerrhis. Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Serpentes/colubroidea/lamprophiidae. (in German).
- ^ a b c d Genus Hemirhagerrhis at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ a b Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Hemirhagerrhis hildebrandtii, p. 123; H. kelleri, p. 139).
Further reading
- Boettger O (1893). "Übersicht der von Prof. C. Keller anlässlich der Ruspoli'schen Expedition nach den Somaliländern gesammelten Reptilien und Batrachier ". Zoologischer Anzeiger 16 (416): 113–119. (Hemirhagerrhis, new genus, p. 119). (in German).
- Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Genus Hemirhagerrhis, p. 119).
- Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Genus Hemirhagerrhis, pp. 85-86).
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