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Polemon griseiceps

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Species of snake

Polemon griseiceps
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Atractaspididae
Genus: Polemon
Species: P. griseiceps
Binomial name
Polemon griseiceps
(Laurent, 1947)
Synonyms
  • Miodon griseiceps
    Laurent, 1947
  • Polemon griseiceps
    LeBreton, 1999

Polemon griseiceps, or the Cameroon snake-eater, is a species of rear-fanged mildly venomous snake in the subfamily Aparallactinae. The species is endemic to Middle Africa.

Geographic range

Polemon griseiceps is found in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, and the Republic of the Congo.

References

  1. ^ Polemon griseiceps at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 February 2019.

Further reading

  • Laurent RF (1947). "Notes sur quelques reptiles appartenant a la collection du Musée Royalle d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique ". Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Belgique 23 (16): 1–12. (Miodon griseiceps, new species). (in French).
Taxon identifiers
Polemon griseiceps


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