Boulenger's pipe snake
| Boulenger's pipe snake | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Cylindrophiidae |
| Genus: | Cylindrophis |
| Species: | C. boulengeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Cylindrophis boulengeri Roux, 1911 | |
Boulenger's pipe snake, Cylindrophis boulengeri, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the Cylindrophiidae family[1] endemic to Indonesia.[2]
Etymology
The specific epithet, boulengeri, is in honor of Belgian-British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger.[3]
References
- ↑ "Cylindrophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 17 August 2007.
- ↑ Cylindrophis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 August 2007.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cylindrophis boulengeri, p. 34).
Further reading
- Roux J. 1911. "Elbert-Sunda-Expedition des Frankfurter Vereins für Geographie und Statistik. Reptilien und Amphibien". Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere, Jena 30: 495-508. (Cylindrophis boulengeri, new species, p. 500). (in German).
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