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Toxicodryas
''Toxicodryas'' is a genus of rear-fanged venomous snakes in the family Colubridae.. Geographic range The genus ''Toxicodryas'' is native to Sub-Saharan Africa. Species Four species are recognized as being valid. *'' Toxicodryas adamanteus'' *'' Toxicodryas blandingii'' - Blandings tree snake *'' Toxicodryas pulverulenta'' - Fischer's cat snake *'' Toxicodryas vexator'' ''Nota bene'': A binomial authority In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ... in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Toxicodryas''. References Further reading * Hallowell E (1857). "Notice of a collection of Reptiles from the Gaboon country, West Africa, recently presented to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, by Dr. Henry A. Ford". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toxicodryas
''Toxicodryas'' is a genus of rear-fanged venomous snakes in the family Colubridae.. Geographic range The genus ''Toxicodryas'' is native to Sub-Saharan Africa. Species Four species are recognized as being valid. *'' Toxicodryas adamanteus'' *'' Toxicodryas blandingii'' - Blandings tree snake *'' Toxicodryas pulverulenta'' - Fischer's cat snake *'' Toxicodryas vexator'' ''Nota bene'': A binomial authority In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ... in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Toxicodryas''. References Further reading * Hallowell E (1857). "Notice of a collection of Reptiles from the Gaboon country, West Africa, recently presented to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, by Dr. Henry A. Ford". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toxicodryas Pulverulenta
''Toxicodryas pulverulenta'', Common name, commonly known as Fischer's cat snake, Fischer's tree snake, and the powdered tree snake, is a species of Opisthoglyphous, rear-fanged venomous snake in the Family (biology), family Colubridae. The species is native to Sub-Saharan Africa. Etymology The Specific name (zoology), specific name, ''pulverulenta'', means "dusted" or "powdery" in Latin. The common names, Fischer's cat snake and Fischer's tree snake, are in honour of German herpetologist Johann Gustav Fischer, who originally described this snake as a species new to science. Geographic range ''T. pulverulenta'' is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Togo, and Uganda. Habitat The preferred natural habitats of ''T. pulverulenta'' are forest and savanna, at altitudes from sea level to , but it has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
