''Elapomorphus'' is a
genus
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of
venomous snakes of the
family
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Colubridae
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.
The genus is
endemic
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to
Brazil
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.
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Species
The genus ''Elapomorphus'' contains two species.
* ''
Elapomorphus quinquelineatus''
* ''
Elapomorphus wuchereri''
''
Nota bene
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'': A
binomial authority
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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Elapomorphus''.
Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''wuchereri'', is in honor of Portuguese-born German-Brazilian
herpetologist Otto Edward Henry Wucherer.
[Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Elapomorphus wuchereri'', p. 290).]
References
Further reading
*
Günther A (1861). "Account of the Reptiles sent by Dr. Wucherer from Bahia". ''Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Third Series'' 7: 412–417. ("''Elapomorphus Wuchereri'' ", new species, pp. 415–416).
*
Raddi G (1820). "''Di alcune specie nuove di rettili, e piante brasiliane'' ". ''Memorie di Matematica e di Fisica della Società Italiana residente in Modena'' 18: 313–349. ("''Coluber 5-lineatus'' ", new species, pp. 339–340). (in Italian and Latin).
*
Wiegmann FA''in''
Fitzinger L (1843). ''Systema Reptilium, Fasciculus Primus, Amblyglossae.'' Vienna: Braumüller & Seidel. 106 pp. + indices. ("''Elapomorphus'' Wiegm.", new genus, p. 25). (in Latin).
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Elapomorphus
''Elapomorphus'' is a genus of venomous snakes of the family Colubridae.
The genus is endemic to Brazil..
Species
The genus ''Elapomorphus'' contains two species.
* '' Elapomorphus quinquelineatus''
* '' Elapomorphus wuchereri''
''Nota bene'' ...
Taxa named by Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann
Snake genera