Boiga bourreti
Boiga bourreti is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia.
| Boiga bourreti | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Boiga |
| Species: | B. bourreti |
| Binomial name | |
| Boiga bourreti | |
Etymology
The specific name, bourreti, is in honor of French herpetologist René Léon Bourret.[2]
Geographic range
B. bourreti is found in Vietnam.
References
- Thy N, Nguyen TQ, Ananjeva NB, Orlov NL, Golynsky E, Bain R (2012). "Boiga bourreti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Boiga bourreti, p. 35).
Further reading
- Tillack F, Ziegler T, Le Khac Quyet (2004). "Eine neue Art der Gattung Boiga Fitzinger, 1826 (Serpentes: Colubridae: Colubrinae)". Sauria 26 (4): 3-13. (Boiga bourreti, new species,). (in German).
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