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Rhinobothryum Bovallii
''Rhinobothryum bovallii'', commonly known as the coral mimic snake or the false tree coral, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to Central America and northwestern South America. Etymology The specific name, ''bovallii'', is in honor of Swedish biologist Carl Bovallius. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Rhinobothryum bovallii'', p. 36). Geographic range ''R. bovallii'' is found in Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador. Habitat The preferred natural habitat of ''R. bovallii'' is forest, at altitudes from sea level to . Reproduction ''R. bovallii'' is oviparous. Mimicry ''R. bovallii'' mimics two sympatric species of venomous snakes, '' Micrurus alleni'' and ''Micrurus nigrocinctus ''Micrurus nigrocinctus'', commonly known as the Central American coral snake, is a species ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lars Gabriel Andersson
Lars Gabriel Andersson (22 February 1868 – 13 February 1951) was a Swedish schoolteacher and herpetologist. He studied at Uppsala University and earned his PhD in 1909. During his long career he taught classes at several schools in and near Stockholm. In 1894–95 and from 1897 to 1902 he worked as an assistant in the vertebrate department at the Naturhistoriska riksmuseet in Stockholm. Taxa With zoologist Einar Lönnberg he described the following herpetological species: * ''Aipysurus tenuis'', 1913 * '' Atractaspis engdahli'', 1913 * ''Eulamprus brachyosoma'', 1915. * '' Eulamprus tympanum'', 1915 * '' Gastrotheca microdiscus'', (Andersson in Lönnberg and Andersson, 1910). * ''Glaphyromorphus mjobergi'', 1915 * ''Strophurus taeniatus'', 1913. On his own, he described: * '' Didynamipus sjostedti'', 1903 Works by Andersson that have been published in English * "Catalogue of Linnean type-specimens of snakes in the Royal Museum in Stockholm", 1899. * "Catalogue of Linnean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |