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Tachymenis Peruviana
''Tachymenis'' is a genus of venomous snakes belonging to the family Colubridae. Species in the genus ''Tachymenis'' are commonly known as slender snakes or short-tailed snakes and are primarily found in southern South America. ''Tachymenis'' are rear-fanged (opisthoglyphous) and are capable of producing a medically significant bite, with at least one species, '' T. peruviana'', responsible for human fatalities. Species The following species are recognized by the Reptile Database."''Tachymenis'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. *''Tachymenis ocellata ''Tachymenis'' is a genus of venomous snakes belonging to the family Colubridae. Species in the genus ''Tachymenis'' are commonly known as slender snakes or short-tailed snakes and are primarily found in southern South America. ''Tachymenis'' are ...'' Dumeril, Bibron, & Dumeril, 1854 *'' Tachymenis peruviana'' Wiegmann, 1835 *'' Tachymenis trigonatus'' (Leybold, 1873) References Further reading * Boule ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann
Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann (2 June 1802 – 15 January 1841) was a German zoology, zoologist and Herpetology, herpetologist born in Braunschweig. He studied medicine and philology at the University of Leipzig, and afterwards was an assistant to Martin Lichtenstein (1780–1857) in Berlin. In 1828 he became a professor at Cologne, and two years later was an extraordinary professor at the Humboldt University in Berlin. Wiegmann specialized in the study of herpetology and mammalogy. In 1835, he founded, together with other scholars, the zoological periodical ''Archiv für Naturgeschichte'', also known as "Wiegmann's Archive". With Johann Friedrich Ruthe (1788–1859) he wrote an important textbook of zoology called ''Handbuch der Zoologie'', and in 1834 Wiegmann published ''Herpetologia Mexicana'', a monograph on the reptiles of Mexico. In 1841 he died of tuberculosis at the age of 38 in Berlin. His father Arend Friedrich Wiegmann (1771–1853) a German researcher in botany. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thelotornis Capensis
The savanna vine snake (''Thelotornis capensis'') is a species of venomous snake in the family Colubridae. Geographic range ''Thelotornis capensis'' is found in southern Africa. Description ''Thelotornis capensis'' is slender and has a long tail. The longest museum specimen is a male with a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of , a tail long, and a combined total length of ."''Thelotornis capensis'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. Reproduction ''Thelotornis capensis'' is oviparous. The eggs are elongated and rather small, each measuring on average long and wide. Subspecies There are three subspecies of ''T. capensis'' which are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies. *''Thelotornis capensis capensis'' *''Thelotornis capensis oatesi'' *''Thelotornis capensis schilsi'' ''Nota bene'': A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than ''Thelotornis''. Etymology The subspec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Albert Boulenger
George Albert Boulenger (19 October 1858 – 23 November 1937) was a Belgian-British zoologist who described and gave scientific names to over 2,000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles, and amphibians. Boulenger was also an active botanist during the last 30 years of his life, especially in the study of roses. Life Boulenger was born in Brussels, Belgium, the only son of Gustave Boulenger, a Belgian public notary, and Juliette Piérart, from Valenciennes. He graduated in 1876 from the Free University of Brussels with a degree in natural sciences, and worked for a while at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, as an assistant naturalist studying amphibians, reptiles, and fishes. He also made frequent visits during this time to the ''Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle'' in Paris and the British Museum in London. In 1880, he was invited to work at the Natural History Museum, then a department of the British Museum, by Dr. Albert C. L. G. Günther a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tachymenis Trigonatus
The false tomodon snake (''Tachymenis trigonatus'') is a genus of snake in the family Colubridae. It is endemic to western Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th .... References Colubrids Reptiles described in 1873 Reptiles of Argentina Snakes of South America {{Colubrid-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tachymenis Ocellata
''Tachymenis'' is a genus of venomous snakes belonging to the family Colubridae. Species in the genus ''Tachymenis'' are commonly known as slender snakes or short-tailed snakes and are primarily found in southern South America. ''Tachymenis'' are rear-fanged (opisthoglyphous) and are capable of producing a medically significant bite, with at least one species, '' T. peruviana'', responsible for human fatalities. Species The following species are recognized by the Reptile Database The Reptile Database is a scientific database that collects taxonomic information on all living reptile species (i.e. no fossil species such as dinosaurs). The database focuses on species (as opposed to higher ranks such as families) and has entrie ...."''Tachymenis'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. *'' Tachymenis ocellata'' Dumeril, Bibron, & Dumeril, 1854 *'' Tachymenis peruviana'' Wiegmann, 1835 *'' Tachymenis trigonatus'' (Leybold, 1873) References Further reading * Boul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reptile Database
The Reptile Database is a scientific database that collects taxonomic information on all living reptile species (i.e. no fossil species such as dinosaurs). The database focuses on species (as opposed to higher ranks such as families) and has entries for all currently recognized ~13,000 species and their subspecies, although there is usually a lag time of up to a few months before newly described species become available online. The database collects scientific and common names, synonyms, literature references, distribution information, type information, etymology, and other taxonomically relevant information. History The database was founded in 1995 as EMBL Reptile Database when the founder, Peter Uetz, was a graduate student at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany. Thure Etzold had developed the first web interface for the EMBL DNA sequence database which was also used as interface for the Reptile Database. In 2006 the database moved to The Insti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philodryas Olfersii
''Philodryas olfersii'' is a species of venomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to South America. Common names Common names for ''P. olfersii'' include Lichtenstein's green racer,''Philodryas olfersii''. The Reptile Database. O'Shea M (2008). ''Venomous Snakes of the World''. New Holland Publishers. pg. 53. South American green racer,Weinstein SA, et al. (2011). ''"Venomous" Bites from Non-Venomous Snakes: A Critical Analysis of Risk and Management of "Colubrid" Snake Bites''. Elsevier. pg. 104. and eastern green whiptail, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhabdophis Tigrinus
''Rhabdophis tigrinus'', also known commonly as the tiger keelback, ''kkotbaem'', or ''yamakagashi'', is a species of venomous snake in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to East Asia and Southeast Asia. Many sources, though not ITIS, recognize one subspecies, ''Rhabdophis tigrinus formosanus'' of Taiwan. Description The dorsal color pattern of ''R. tigrinus'' is olive-drab green, with black and bright orange crossbars or spots from the neck down the first third of the body. The belly is whitish. The average total length (including tail) is usually .''Rhabdophis tigrinus lateralis'' a Animal Pictures Archive Accessed 21 September 2008. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dispholidus Typus
The boomslang (, , or ; ''Dispholidus typus'') is a large, highly venomous snake in the family Colubridae. Taxonomy and etymology Its common name means "tree snake" in Afrikaans and Dutch – ''boom'' meaning "tree", and ''slang'' meaning "snake". In Afrikaans, the name is pronounced . The boomslang is thought to be closely related to members of the genera '' Thelotornis'', ''Thrasops'', ''Rhamnophis'', and ''Xyelodontophis'', with which it forms the taxonomic tribe Dispholidini. Subspecies Two subspecies are recognized, including the nominotypical subspecies. * ''D. t. kivuensis'' * ''D. t. typus'' The trinomial authority in parentheses for ''D. t. typus'' indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than ''Dispholidus''. Description The average adult boomslang is in total length. Some exceed . The eyes are exceptionally large, and the head has a characteristic egg-like shape. Coloration is highly variable. Males are light green with blac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family (taxonomy), family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. ''Panthera leo'' (lion) and ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomy (biology), taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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