Chilorhinophis butleri
Chilorhinophis butleri, or Butler's two-headed snake, is a species of venomous snake in the family Atractaspididae.[1] The species is endemic to East Africa.
| Chilorhinophis butleri | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Lamprophiidae |
| Genus: | Chilorhinophis |
| Species: | C. butleri |
| Binomial name | |
| Chilorhinophis butleri F. Werner, 1907 | |
Geographic range
C. butleri is found in Mozambique, South Sudan, and Tanzania.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, butleri, is in honor of English zoologist Arthur Lennox Butler (1873–1939),[3] who was the son of Edward Arthur Butler.
References
- "Chilorhinophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 5 September 2007.
- Chilorhinophis butleri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 21 December 2017.
- 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. (Chilorhinophis butleri, p. 44).
Further reading
- Werner F (1907). "Ergebnisse der mit Subvention aus der Erbschaft Treitl unternommenen zoologischen Forschungreise Dr. Franz Werner's in den ägyptischen Sudan und nach Nord-Uganda. XII. Die Reptilien und Amphibien ". Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften [Vienna] 116: 1823-1926 + Plates I-IV. (Chilorhinophis butleri, new species, p. 1881 + Plate III, figures 8a-8d). (in German).
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