Chilorhinophis gerardi

Chilorhinophis gerardi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Atractaspididae
Genus: Chilorhinophis
Species: C. gerardi
Binomial name
Chilorhinophis gerardi
(Boulenger, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Apostolepis gerardi Boulenger, 1913
  • Parkerophis gerardi
    Barbour & Amaral, 1927
  • Chilorhinophis gerardi
    Loveridge, 1958[1]

Chilorhinophis gerardi, commonly known as Gerard's black and yellow burrowing snake, is a species of venomous snake in the family Atractaspididae.[2] The species is endemic to Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, gerardi, is in honor of Belgian physician and naturalist Pol Gérard (1886-1961) who collected the type specimen.[3]

Geographic range

C. gerardi is found in southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly known as Zaire), Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Chilorhinophis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 May 2009.
  2. "Chilorhinophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 5 September 2007.
  3. 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. (Chilorhinophis gerardi, p. 99).

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