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Phrynonax
''Phrynonax'' is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to the New World Geographic range Species in the genus ''Phrynonax'' are found in South America, Central America, and Mexico.. Species Four species are recognized as being valid. *''Phrynonax poecilonotus'' *'' Phrynonax polylepis'' *'' Phrynonax sexcarinatus'' ( Wagler, 1824) *'' Phrynonax shropshirei'' Barbour & Amaral, 1924 ''Nota bene'': A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Phrynonax''. Etymology The specific name, ''shropshirei'', is in honor of James B. Shropshire, "Chief Sanitary Inspector, U.S. Army, Canal Zone", who collected the paratype In zoology and botany, a paratype is a specimen of an organism that helps define what the scientific name of a species and other taxon actually represents, but it is not the holotype (and in botany is also neither an isotype nor a syntype). Of ....Beolens, Bo; Watkin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phrynonax Polylepis
''Phrynonax'' is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to the New World Geographic range Species in the genus ''Phrynonax'' are found in South America, Central America, and Mexico.. Species Four species are recognized as being valid. *''Phrynonax poecilonotus'' *'' Phrynonax polylepis'' *'' Phrynonax sexcarinatus'' ( Wagler, 1824) *'' Phrynonax shropshirei'' Barbour & Amaral, 1924 ''Nota bene'': A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Phrynonax''. Etymology The specific name, ''shropshirei'', is in honor of James B. Shropshire, "Chief Sanitary Inspector, U.S. Army, Canal Zone", who collected the paratype.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Pseustes shropshirei'', p. 243). References Further reading * Cope ED (1862). "Catalogues of the REPTILES obtain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phrynonax Poecilonotus
''Phrynonax poecilonotus'' is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the New World. Common names ''P. poecilonotus'' is commonly known in Trinidad and Tobago as ''dos cocorite'', in Brazil as ''papa-ovo'', and in English as the puffing snake or the bird snake. Geographic range ''P. poecilonotus'' is found from Mexico through Central America to northern and central South America and Trinidad and Tobago. Diet ''P. poecilonotus'' apparently eats any terrestrial vertebrate Vertebrates () comprise all animal taxa within the subphylum Vertebrata () ( chordates with backbones), including all mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish. Vertebrates represent the overwhelming majority of the phylum Chordata, ... small enough to handle and is well known as a predator of bird eggs (hence some of the common names). Description ''P. poecilonotus'' is one of the most variable snakes in the world. For about the first year of their life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseustes
''Pseustes'' was a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae. Taxonomy Jadin et al. (2013) reassigned all species of ''Pseustes'' to the genera '' Phrynonax'' and ''Spilotes''.. Species *'' Pseustes cinnamomeus'' = '' Phrynonax sexcarinatus'' *''Pseustes poecilonotus'' = ''Phrynonax poecilonotus'' *'' Pseustes sexcarinatus'' = '' Phrynonax sexcarinatus'' *'' Pseustes shropshirei'' = '' Phrynonax shropshirei'' *''Pseustes sulphureus ''Spilotes sulphureus'', commonly known as the yellow-bellied hissing snake or Amazon puffing snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is found in South America, as well as the Caribbean island of Trinidad. Taxonomy ...'' = ''Spilotes sulphureus'' References Further reading * Fitzinger L (1843). ''Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae.'' Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. (''Pseustes'', new genus, p. 27). (in Latin). *Jadin, Robert C; Burbrink, Frank T.; Rivas, Gilson A.; Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phrynonax Shropshirei
''Phrynonax shropshirei'', Shropshire's puffing snake, is a species of snake of the family Colubridae. The snake is found in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku .... References Phrynonax Reptiles of Costa Rica Reptiles of Panama Reptiles of Colombia Reptiles of Venezuela Reptiles of Ecuador Reptiles described in 1924 Taxa named by Thomas Barbour Taxa named by Afrânio Pompílio Gastos do Amaral {{Colubrinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phrynonax Sexcarinatus
''Phrynonax sexcarinatus'', the northeastern puffing snake, is a species of snake of the family Colubridae. The snake is found in Brazil, Venezuela, and Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku .... References Phrynonax Snakes of Brazil Reptiles of Venezuela Reptiles of Ecuador Reptiles described in 1824 Taxa named by Johann Georg Wagler {{Colubrinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snake Genera
List of reptile genera lists the vertebrate class of reptiles by living genus, spanning two subclasses. Subclass Anapsida Order Testudinata (turtles) Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudines characterized by a special bony or cartilaginous shell developed from their ribs and acting as a shield. Suborder Pleurodira * Superfamily Cheloides ** Family Chelidae *** Genus ''Acanthochelys'' *** Genus ''Chelodina'' *** Genus '' Chelus'' - mata mata *** Genus ''Elseya'' *** Genus '' Elusor'' - Mary River turtle *** Genus ''Emydura'' *** Genus '' Flaviemys'' - Manning River snapping turtle *** Genus ''Hydromedusa'' *** Genus ''Mesoclemmys'' *** Genus '' Myuchelys'' *** Genus ''Phrynops'' *** Genus ''Platemys'' - twist-necked turtle *** Genus ''Pseudemydura'' - western swamp turtle *** Genus '' Ranacephala'' - Hoge's side-necked turtle *** Genus ''Rheodytes'' *** Genus ''Rhinemys'' - red side-necked turtle * Superfamily Pelomedusoides ** Family Pelomedusidae *** Genus ''Pelomedusa'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colubridae
Colubridae (, commonly known as colubrids , from la, coluber, 'snake') is a family of snakes. With 249 genera, it is the largest snake family. The earliest species of the family date back to the Oligocene epoch. Colubrid snakes are found on every continent except Antarctica. Description While most colubrids are not venomous (or have venom that is not known to be harmful to humans) and are mostly harmless, a few groups, such as genus ''Boiga'', can produce medically significant injuries. In addition, the boomslang, the twig snakes, and the Asian genus ''Rhabdophis'' have caused human fatalities. Some colubrids are described as opisthoglyphous (often called "rear-fanged"), meaning they have elongated, grooved teeth located in the back of their upper jaws. It is likely that opisthoglyphous dentition evolved many times in the history of snakes and is an evolutionary precursor to the fangs of vipers and elapids, which are located in the front of the mouth. Classification In the pas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endemism
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, the Cape sugarbird is found exclusively in southwestern South Africa and is therefore said to be ''endemic'' to that particular part of the world. An endemic species can be also be referred to as an ''endemism'' or in scientific literature as an ''endemite''. For example '' Cytisus aeolicus'' is an endemite of the Italian flora. '' Adzharia renschi'' was once believed to be an endemite of the Caucasus, but it was later discovered to be a non-indigenous species from South America belonging to a different genus. The extreme opposite of an endemic species is one with a cosmopolitan distribution, having a global or widespread range. A rare alternative term for a species that is endemic is "precinctive", which applies to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Barbour
Thomas Barbour (August 19, 1884 – January 8, 1946) was an American herpetologist. From 1927 until 1946, he was director of the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) founded in 1859 by Louis Agassiz at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Life and career Barbour, the eldest of four brothers, was born in 1884 to Colonel William Barbour, and his wife, Julia Adelaide Sprague. Colonel Barbour was founder and president of The Linen Thread Company, Inc., a successful thread manufacturing enterprise having much business in the United States, Ireland, and Scotland. Although born on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, where the family was spending the summer, Barbour grew up in Monmouth, New Jersey, where one of his younger brothers, William Warren Barbour, entered the political arena, eventually serving as U.S. Senator from New Jersey from 1931 to 1937 and again from 1938 to 1943. At age fifteen, Thomas Barbour was taken to visit Harvard University, which, entranced by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paratype
In zoology and botany, a paratype is a specimen of an organism that helps define what the scientific name of a species and other taxon actually represents, but it is not the holotype (and in botany is also neither an isotype nor a syntype). Often there is more than one paratype. Paratypes are usually held in museum research collections. The exact meaning of the term ''paratype'' when it is used in zoology is not the same as the meaning when it is used in botany. In both cases however, this term is used in conjunction with ''holotype''. Zoology In zoological nomenclature, a paratype is officially defined as "Each specimen of a type series other than the holotype.", ''International Code of Zoological Nomenclature'' In turn, this definition relies on the definition of a "type series". A type series is the material (specimens of organisms) that was cited in the original publication of the new species or subspecies, and was not excluded from being type material by the author (th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James B
James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (other), various kings named James * Saint James (other) * James (musician) * James, brother of Jesus Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, York, James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Arts, entertainment, and media * James (2005 film), ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * James (2008 film), ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * James (2022 film), ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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