Toxicodryas blandingii
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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: | Toxicodryas |
| Species: | T. blandingii
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| Binomial name | |
| Toxicodryas blandingii (Hallowell, 1844)
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Toxicodryas blandingii, commonly known as Blanding's cat snake or Blanding's tree snake, is a species of rear-fanged venomous snake of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa.
Etymology
The specific name, blandingii, is in honor of William Blanding (1772–1857), an American physician and naturalist.[2]
Geographic range
T. blandingii is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia.[1]
References
- ^ a b Species Toxicodryas blandingii at The Reptile Database
- ^ 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. (Boiga blandingii, p. 27).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Dipsadomorphus blandingii, pp. 77–78).
- Hallowell E (1844). "Descriptions of New Species of African Reptiles". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 2: 169-172. (Dipsas blandingii, new species, pp. 170–171).
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