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Chilorhinophis butleri

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Chilorhinophis butleri
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C. butleri
Binomial name
Chilorhinophis butleri
F. Werner, 1907

Chilorhinophis butleri, or Butler's two-headed snake, is a species of venomous snake in the Atractaspididae family.[1] It is endemic to Africa and is found in Sudan.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, butleri, is in honor of English zoologist Arthur Lennox Butler (1873-1939),[3] who was the son of Edward Arthur Butler.

References

  1. ^ "Chilorhinophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 5 September 2007.
  2. ^ Chilorhinophis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 May 2009.
  3. ^ 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. (Chilorhinophis butleri, p. 44).

Further reading

  • Werner F. 1907. "Ergebnisse der mit Subvention aus der Erbschaft Treitl unternommenen zoologischen Forschungreise Dr. Franz Werner's in den ägyptischen Sudan und nach Nord-Uganda. XII. Die Reptilien und Amphibien ". Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften [Vienna] 116: 1823-1926 + Plates I-IV. (Chilorhinophis butleri, new species, p. 1881 + Plate III, figures 8a-8d). (in German).