''Hologerrhum dermali'', also known
commonly as Crombie's stripe-lipped snake and Dermal's cylindrical snake, is a
species of snake in the
family Cyclocoridae
Cyclocoridae is a family of elapoid snakes endemic to the Philippines.
Taxonomy
It was initially erected as a subfamily (Cyclocorinae) in 2017 to house four enigmatic, endemic genera containing seven species and one then-undescribed lineage t ...
. The species is
endemic to the
Philippines.
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 ...
, ''dermali'', is in honor of American herpetologist
Ronald Crombie whose nickname is "Dermal".
[ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Hologerrhum dermali'', p. 70).]
Geographic range
''H. dermali'' is found on the island of
Panay
Panay is the sixth-largest and fourth-most populous island in the Philippines, with a total land area of and has a total population of 4,542,926 as of 2020 census. Panay comprises 4.4 percent of the entire population of the country. The City o ...
.
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Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of ''H. dermali'' is forest, at altitudes of .[
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Reproduction
''H. dermali'' is oviparous
Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, dinosaurs (including birds), and ...
.[
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References
Further reading
* Brown RM, Leviton AE, Ferner JW, Sison RV (2001). "A New Snake of the Genus ''Hologerrhum'' Günther (Reptilia; Squamata; Colubridae) from Panay Island, Philippines". ''Asiatic Herpetological Research'' 9: 9–22. (''Hologerrhum dermali'', new species).
* Gaulke M (2011). ''The Herpetofauna of Panay Island, Philippines''. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 390 pp. . (''Hologerrhum dermali'', p. 284).
Cyclocoridae
Snakes of Asia
Reptiles of the Philippines
Endemic fauna of the Philippines
Reptiles described in 2001
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