Pfeffer's reed snake
Appearance
Pfeffer's reed snake | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Calamaria |
Species: | C. pfefferi
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Binomial name | |
Calamaria pfefferi Stejneger, 1901
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Pfeffer's reed snake, Calamaria pfefferi, is a species of dwarf snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Japan.
Etymology
The specific name, pfefferi, is in honor of German zoologist Georg Johann Pfeffer.[2]
References
- ^ Template:IUCN2015.2
- ^ 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. (Calamaria pfefferi, p. 205).
Further reading
- Stejneger L (1901). "Diagnosis of Eight New Batrachians and Reptiles from the Riu Kiu Archipelago, Japan". Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 14: 189-191. (Calamaria pfefferi, new species, p. 191).
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). Calamaria pfefferi . 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.