Crotaphopeltis tornieri
Appearance
Crotaphopeltis tornieri | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Crotaphopeltis |
Species: | C. tornieri
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Binomial name | |
Crotaphopeltis tornieri (F. Werner, 1908)
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Synonyms[2] | |
Crotaphopeltis tornieri is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Africa.
Etymology
The specific name, tornieri, is in honor of German zoologist Gustav Tornier.[3]
Geographic range
C. tornieri is found in Malawi and Tanzania.[2]
References
- ^ "Crotaphopeltis tornieri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015. 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
- ^ a b "Crotaphopeltis tornieri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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 tornieri, p. 266).
External links
- Species Crotaphopeltis tornieri at The Reptile Database
Further reading
- Werner F (1908). "Ergebnisse der mit Subvention aus der Erbschaft Treitl unternommenen zoologischen Forschungreise Dr. Franz Werner's nach dem ägyptischen Sudan und Nord-Uganda. XII. Die Reptilien und Amphibien ". Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Wissenschaftliche Klasse 116: 1823–1926. (Leptodira tornieri, new species, p. 1876). (in German).