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Hemirhagerrhis

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Genus of snakes

Hemirhagerrhis
Hemirhagerrhis nototaenia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Psammophiidae
Genus: Hemirhagerrhis
Boettger, 1893

Hemirhagerrhis is a genus of snakes in the family Psammophiidae.

Geographic range

The genus Hemirhagerrhis is endemic to Africa.

Species

The genus Hemirhagerrhis contains four species which are recognized as being valid.

  • Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Hemirhagerrhis.

Etymology

The specific name, hildebrandtii, is in honor of German botanist Johann Maria Hildebrandt.

The specific name, kellerii, is in honor of Swiss naturalist Conrad Keller.

Reproduction

Snakes of the genus Hemirhagerrhis are oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Genus Hemirhagerrhis. Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Serpentes/colubroidea/lamprophiidae. (in German).
  2. ^ Genus Hemirhagerrhis at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ 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. (Hemirhagerrhis hildebrandtii, p. 123; H. kelleri, p. 139).

Further reading

  • Boettger O (1893). "Übersicht der von Prof. C. Keller anlässlich der Ruspoli'schen Expedition nach den Somaliländern gesammelten Reptilien und Batrachier ". Zoologischer Anzeiger 16 (416): 113–119. (Hemirhagerrhis, new genus, p. 119). (in German).
  • 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. (Genus Hemirhagerrhis, p. 119).
  • Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Genus Hemirhagerrhis, pp. 85–86).


Taxon identifiers
Hemirhagerrhis


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