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Psammophis Elegans
''Psammophis elegans'', the elegant sand racer, is a species of psammophiid snake. It is found in tropical Africa. See also * List of reptiles of Ghana References Psammophis Reptiles described in 1802 {{snake-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Shaw (biologist)
George Kearsley Shaw (10 December 1751 – 22 July 1813) was an English botanist and zoologist. Life Shaw was born at Bierton, Buckinghamshire, and was educated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford, receiving his M.A. in 1772. He took up the profession of medical practitioner. In 1786 he became the assistant lecturer in botany at the University of Oxford. He was a co-founder of the Linnean Society in 1788, and became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1789. In 1791 Shaw became assistant keeper of the natural history department at the British Museum, succeeding Edward Whitaker Gray as keeper in 1806. He found that most of the items donated to the museum by Hans Sloane were in very bad condition. Medical and anatomical material was sent to the museum at the Royal College of Surgeons, but many of the stuffed animals and birds had deteriorated and had to be burnt. He was succeeded after his death by his assistant Charles Konig. Works Shaw published one of the first English descriptions with s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psammophiidae
Psammophiidae is a family of elapoid snakes. They were formerly placed as a subfamily of the Lamprophiidae, but have been more recently identified as a distinct family. Genera It contains 8 genera: * '' Dipsina'' Jan, 1862 * ''Hemirhagerrhis'' Boettger, 1893 * '' Kladirostratus'' Conradie, Keates & Edwards, 2019 * ''Malpolon'' Fitzinger, 1826 * '' Mimophis'' Günther, 1868 * ''Psammophis ''Psammophis'' is a genus of snakes in the family Psammophiidae. The genus comprises 33 species, which are found in Africa and Asia.. www.reptile-database.org. ''Psammophis'' are diurnal and prey on lizards and rodents which they actively hunt. ...'' Fitzinger, 1826 * '' Psammophylax'' Fitzinger, 1843 * '' Rhamphiophis'' Peters, 1854 References {{Taxonbar, from=Q3409411 Psammophiidae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Reptiles Of Ghana
This is a list of the reptile species recorded in Ghana. There are 154 reptile species in Ghana, of which one is critically endangered, one is endangered, two are vulnerable and two are near threatened. This list is derived from the Reptile Database which lists species of reptile and includes those reptiles that have recently been classified as extinct (since 1500 AD). The taxonomy and naming of the individual species is based on those currently used by the Reptile Database as of 20 September 2011 and supplemented by the common names and taxonomy from the IUCN where no Reptile Database article was available. The following tags are used to highlight specific species' conservation status as assessed by the IUCN: Order: Testudines (turtles) *Family: Testudinidae (tortoises) **Genus: ''Kinixys'' *** Bell's hinge-back tortoise, ''Kinixys belliana'' *** Eroded hinge-back tortoise, '' Kinixys erosa'' *** Home's hinge-back tortoise, ''Kinixys homeana'' VU *Family: Cheloniidae (sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psammophis
''Psammophis'' is a genus of snakes in the family Psammophiidae. The genus comprises 33 species, which are found in Africa and Asia.. www.reptile-database.org. ''Psammophis'' are diurnal and prey on lizards and rodents which they actively hunt. All species in the genus are venomous, and the venom is considered mild and not dangerous to humans. Etymology The generic name ''Psammophis'' was coined by the Austrian herpetologist Leopold Fitzinger in 1826, a compound of the Hellenistic Greek ψαμμο, "sand" + Classical Greek ὄϕις, "snake", thus sand-snake. Description In the genus ''Psammophis'' the maxillary teeth are 10 to 13 in number, with one or two in the middle much enlarged and fang-like, preceded and followed by an interspace; the two posterior teeth are grooved. The anterior mandibular teeth are long, and the posterior teeth are small. The head is elongated and distinct from the neck, with an angular canthus rostralis. The eye is rather large, with a round pupil. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |