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Wallaceophis
''Wallaceophis'' is a genus of snake in the family Colubriadae. It was first described in 2016. The sole species is ''Wallaceophis gujaratensis'' which is found in the Indian state of Gujarat. ''Wallaceophis gujaratenisis'' is presently known from just seven localities of Gujarat and virtually nothing is known about its biology. Common names Wallace's striped snake and Wallace's racer has been suggested for it. Etymology The genus has been named ''Wallaceophis'' in honour of the legendary 19th century British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913), considered the father of biogeography. The Specific name (zoology), specific name ''gujaratenisis'' commemorates the western Indian state where it was discovered. Description ''Wallaceophis'' is a medium-sized snake in relation to members of the family, measuring in snout–vent length. The holotype measured in SVL and had long tail. A 3–4 dorsal scale row wide black longitudinal stripe runs from the post nasal to the tail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holotype
A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism, known to have been used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described. It is either the single such physical example (or illustration) or one of several examples, but explicitly designated as the holotype. Under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN), a holotype is one of several kinds of name-bearing types. In the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN) and ICZN, the definitions of types are similar in intent but not identical in terminology or underlying concept. For example, the holotype for the butterfly '' Plebejus idas longinus'' is a preserved specimen of that subspecies, held by the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. In botany, an isotype is a duplicate of the holotype, where holotype and isotypes are often pieces from the same individual plant or samples from the same gathering. A holotype is not necessarily "typ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spalerosophis
''Spalerosophis'' is a small genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. Geographic range Member species are found in a wide range throughout Southern Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa. Species The following species six species are recognized as being valid. *'' Spalerosophis arenarius'' – red-spotted diadem snake, red-spotted royal snake *'' Spalerosophis atriceps'' – diadem snake, royal snake *''Spalerosophis diadema'' – diadem snake, royal snake *'' Spalerosophis dolichospilus'' – Mograbin diadem snake, Werner's diadem snake *'' Spalerosophis josephscorteccii'' – Scortecci's diadem snakeBeolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Spalerosophis josephscorteccii'', p. 240). *'' Spalerosophis microlepis'' – Jan's diadem snake, zebra snake References Further reading *Jan G Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reptiles Of India
Reptiles, as most commonly defined are the animals in the class Reptilia ( ), a paraphyletic grouping comprising all sauropsids except birds. Living reptiles comprise turtles, crocodilians, squamates ( lizards and snakes) and rhynchocephalians (tuatara). As of March 2022, the Reptile Database includes about 11,700 species. In the traditional Linnaean classification system, birds are considered a separate class to reptiles. However, crocodilians are more closely related to birds than they are to other living reptiles, and so modern cladistic classification systems include birds within Reptilia, redefining the term as a clade. Other cladistic definitions abandon the term reptile altogether in favor of the clade Sauropsida, which refers to all amniotes more closely related to modern reptiles than to mammals. The study of the traditional reptile orders, historically combined with that of modern amphibians, is called herpetology. The earliest known proto-reptiles originate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snakes Of Asia
Snakes are elongated, limbless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes . Like all other squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales. Many species of snakes have skulls with several more joints than their lizard ancestors, enabling them to swallow prey much larger than their heads (cranial kinesis). To accommodate their narrow bodies, snakes' paired organs (such as kidneys) appear one in front of the other instead of side by side, and most have only one functional lung. Some species retain a pelvic girdle with a pair of vestigial claws on either side of the cloaca. Lizards have evolved elongate bodies without limbs or with greatly reduced limbs about twenty-five times independently via convergent evolution, leading to many lineages of legless lizards. These resemble snakes, but several common groups of legless lizards have eyelids and external ears, which snakes lack, although this rule is not universal (see Amphisbaenia, Dibamid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monotypic Snake Genera
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispecific" or "monospecific" is sometimes preferred. In botanical nomenclature, a monotypic genus is a genus in the special case where a genus and a single species are simultaneously described. In contrast, an oligotypic taxon contains more than one but only a very few subordinate taxa. Examples Just as the term ''monotypic'' is used to describe a taxon including only one subdivision, the contained taxon can also be referred to as monotypic within the higher-level taxon, e.g. a genus monotypic within a family. Some examples of monotypic groups are: Plants * In the order Amborellales, there is only one family, Amborellaceae and there is only one genus, '' Amborella'', and in this genus there is only one species, namely ''Amborella trichopoda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lytorhynchus
''Lytorhynchus'' is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae. Geographic range Species of the genus ''Lytorhynchus'' are found from North Africa, eastward through the Middle East, to Pakistan and western India. Species Seven species are recognized as being valid. * '' Lytorhynchus diadema'' ( A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – awl-headed snake, crowned leafnose snake, diademed sand snake * '' Lytorhynchus gaddi'' Nikolsky, 1907 * '' Lytorhynchus gasperetti'' Leviton, 1977 – Leviton's leafnose snake * '' Lytorhynchus kennedyi'' Schmidt, 1939 – Kennedy's leafnose snake * '' Lytorhynchus maynardi'' Alcock & Finn, 1897 – Maynard's longnose sand snake * '' Lytorhynchus paradoxus'' ( Günther, 1875) – Sindh awl-headed snake * '' Lytorhynchus ridgewayi'' Boulenger, 1887 – Derafshi snake ''Nota bene'': A binomial authority In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bamanophis
''Bamanophis'' is a genus of snake in the family Colubridae. The genus contains the sole species ''Bamanophis dorri'', which is native to West Africa. Etymology The specific name, ''dorri'', is in honor of French military officer Emile Dorr (1857–1907), who collected the holotype. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Coluber dorri'', p. 75). Geographic range ''B. dorri'' is found in northern Benin, Burkina Faso, northern Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, and northern Togo. Habitat The preferred natural habitat of ''B. dorri'' is rocky areas in savanna. Description Dorsally, ''B. dorri'' is gray or reddish, with a series of X-shaped dark spots. Boulenger GA (1893). Ventrally, it is yellowish white. Adults may attain a total length (including tail) of . Lataste F (1888). Reproduction ''B. dorri'' is oviparous Oviparous animals are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macroprotodon
''Macroprotodon'' is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. All of the member species of the genus are commonly known as false smooth snakes. Taxonomy The genus ''Macroprotodon'' was originally described by French zoologist Alphone Guichenot in 1850. The genus is in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. Species ''Macroprotodon'' contains four species. *'' M. abubakeri'' *'' M. brevis'' – western false smooth snake *'' M. cucullatus'' – false smooth snake *'' M. mauritanicus'' Some authorities have considered some of these species to be subspecies of the other species. Busack SD, McCoy CJ (1990). "Distribution, variation, and biology of ''Macroprotodon cucullatus'' (Reptilia: Colubridae: Boiginae)". ''Ann. Carnegie Mus.'' 59 (4): 261-286. ''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 s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orientocoluber
The slender racer (''Orientocoluber spinalis'') is a species of snake of the family Colubridae. Geographic range The snake is found in Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an area .... References * Colubrids Reptiles described in 1866 Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters Reptiles of Central Asia Monotypic snake genera Reptiles of China Reptiles of Korea {{colubrid-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eirenis
''Eirenis'' is a genus of Old World snakes in the Family (biology), family Colubridae. Species The genus ''Eirenis'' contains the following 23 described species:The TIGR Reptile Database - Genus Eirenis' *''Eirenis africanus'' - African dwarf snake *''Eirenis aurolineatus'' *''Eirenis barani'' , 1988 – :tr:İbrahim Baran, Baran's dwarf racer *''Eirenis collaris'' – collared dwarf racer *''Eirenis coronella'' – crowned dwarf racer *''Eirenis coronelloides'' - Sinai dwarf racer *''Eirenis decemlineatus'' - narrow-striped dwarf snake *''Eirenis eiselti'' – Eiselt's dwarf racer *''Eirenis hakkariensis'' *''Eirenis kermanensis'' *''Eirenis levantinus'' *''Eirenis lineomaculatus'' *''Eirenis medus'' *''Eirenis modestus'' – Asia Minor dwarf racer *''Eirenis nigrofasciatus'' *''Eirenis occidentalis'' *''Eirenis persicus'' - dark-headed dwarf racer *''Eirenis punctatolineatus'' – dotted dwarf racer *''Eirenis rafsanjanicus'' *''Eirenis rechingeri'' *''Eireni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
