Crotaphopeltis braestrupi
| Crotaphopeltis braestrupi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Crotaphopeltis |
| Species: | C. braestrupi
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| Binomial name | |
| Crotaphopeltis braestrupi Rasmussen, 1985
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Crotaphopeltis braestrupi is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to East Africa.
Etymology
The specific name, braestrupi, is in honor of Frits Wimpffen Braestrup (1906–1999), who was curator of the zoological museum of the University of Copenhagen.[1]
Geographic range
C. braestrupi is found in Kenya and Somalia.[2]
References
- ^ 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. (Crotaphopeltis braestrupi, p. 37).
- ^ Species Crotaphopeltis braestrupi at The Reptile Database
Further reading
- Rasmussen JB (1985). "A new species of Crotaphopeltis from East Africa, with remarks on the identity of Dipsas hippocrepis Reinhardt, 1843 (Serpentes: Boiginae)". Steenstrupia 11 (4): 113–129. (Crotaphopeltis braestrupi, new species).
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