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Red-lipped Snake
''Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia'', commonly known as the herald snake or the red-lipped snake, is a species of snake in the Family (biology), family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa. Description ''Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia'' can be identified by its olive green or grey body, multiple white speckles, distinctive black head, and red, yellow, white, or black upper lip. It can grow to an average total length (including tail) of , but may reach up to 1 metre (39 inches) in total length. Diet ''C. hotamboeia'' feeds on amphibians (including rain frogs), lizards, and other snakes (only in captivity). Longevity The red-lipped snake has been known to live for between 10 and 15 years. Reproduction Adult females of ''C. hotamboeia'' lay between 6 and 19 eggs in early summer."''Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia'' ". Biodiversity Explorer, the Web of Life in Southern Africa. http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/reptiles/squamata/serpentes/colubridae/crotaphopeltis_hotamboeia.htm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti
Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti (4 December 1735, Vienna – 17 February 1805, Vienna) was an Austrian naturalist and zoologist of Italian origin. Laurenti is considered the auctor of the class Reptilia (reptiles) through his authorship of ' (1768) on the poisonous function of reptiles and amphibians. This was an important book in herpetology, defining thirty genera of reptiles; Carl Linnaeus's 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'' in 1758 defined only ten genera. ''Specimen Medicum'' contains a description of the blind salamander (amphibian): '' Proteus anguinus'', purportedly collected from cave waters in Slovenia (or possibly western Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...); this description represented one of the first published accounts of a cave animal in the we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |