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Polemon (snake)
''Polemon'' is a genus of Opisthoglyphous, rear-fanged venomous snakes in the Family (biology), family Atractaspididae. The genus is Endemism, endemic to Africa. Fifteen species are recognized as being valid. ''Miodon'' is a synonym. The mollusc genus of family Carditidae junior homonym, invalidly described by Carpenter in 1863 has been renamed ''Miodontiscus''. Common name The common name of this genus is snake-eaters, for their habit of feeding mainly on smaller snakes. Description In the genus ''Polemon'' the maxillary is very short, with three small teeth, followed, after an interspace, by a very large, grooved fang situated anterior to the eye. The third and fourth mandibular teeth are large and fang-like. The head is small, and not distinct from neck. The eyes are minute, with round pupils. The nostrils are in a divided nasal which does not touch the rostral, the internasal forms a suture with the first upper labial. No loreal is present. The parietal is narrowly in conta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polemon Bocourti
''Polemon bocourti'', or Bocourt's snake-eater, is a species of mildly venomous Opisthoglyphous, rear-fanged snake in the subfamily Aparallactinae of the Family (biology), family Atractaspididae. The species is Endemism, endemic to Central Africa (from Cameroon through Equatorial Guinea to Gabon and east to the Republic and Democratic Republic of the Congo). Etymology The Specific name (zoology), specific name, ''bocourti'', is in honor of France, French herpetologist Marie Firmin Bocourt.Richard Allen "Bo" Crombet-beolens, Beolens B, Michael Watkins (zoologist), Watkins M, Michael Grayson, Grayson M (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Polemon bocourti'', p. 29). Geographic range ''Polemon bocourti'' is found in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, and western and central Democratic Republic of the Congo. Habitat The preferred natural habitat of ''P. bocourti'', is forest, at altitude ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |