Spatula-toothed snake
| Spatula-toothed snake | |
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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: | Iguanognathus Boulenger, 1898 |
| Species: | I. werneri
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| Binomial name | |
| Iguanognathus werneri Boulenger, 1898
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The spatula-toothed snake (Iguanognathus werneri ) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Indonesia.
Etymology
The specific name, werneri, is in honor of Austrian herpetologist Franz Werner.[2]
Taxonomy
The species I. werneri is monotypic within the genus Iguanognathus.[3]
Geographic range
I. werneri is known only from the holotype, which was collected in Sumatra, Indonesia.[4]
Reproduction
References
- ^ Iskandar D, Jenkins H, Inger RF, Lilley R (2012). "Iguanognathus werneri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T10803A498726. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T10803A498726.en.
- ^ 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. (Iguanognathus werneri, p. 282).
- ^ "Iguanognathus ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
- ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre. (1996). Iguanognathus werneri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
- ^ Species Iguanognathus werneri at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1898). "Description of a new Genus of Aglyphous Colubrine Snakes from Sumatra". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Seventh Series 2: 73–74. (Iguanognathus, new genus, p. 73; Iguanognathus werneri, new species, p. 74).
- Jackson K, Underwood G, Arnold EN, Savitzky AH (1999). "Hinged Teeth in the Enigmatic Colubrid, Iguanognathus werneri ". Copeia 1999 (3): 814–817.
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