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{{Short description|Genus of snakes}} |
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| regnum = [[Animalia]] |
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| phylum = [[Chordata]] |
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| taxon = Meizodon |
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| classis = [[Reptilia]] |
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| authority = [[Johann Gustav Fischer|Fischer]], 1856<ref>"''Meizodon'' ". ''Dahms Tierleben''. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Serpentes/colubroidea/colubridae/colubrinae.</ref> |
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| ordo = [[Squamata]] |
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| subordo = [[Serpentes]] |
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| familia = [[Colubrid]]ae |
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| subfamilia = [[Colubrinae]] |
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| genus = '''''Meizodon''''' |
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| subdivision_ranks = Species |
| subdivision_ranks = Species |
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| subdivision = Five recognized species, see article. |
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'''''Meizodon''''' is a genus of |
'''''Meizodon''''' is a [[genus]] of snakes in the [[subfamily]] [[Colubrinae]] of the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Colubridae]]. The genus ''Meizodon'' contains five [[species]], all of which are poorly known and are [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Sub-Saharan Africa]].<ref>"''Meizodon'' ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.</ref> |
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==Species List== |
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* ''Meizodon coronatus'' (Schlegel, 1837) |
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* ''Meizodon krameri'' Schätti, 1985 |
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* ''Meizodon plumbiceps'' (Boettger, 1893) |
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* ''Meizodon regularis'' Fischer, 1856 |
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* ''Meizodon semiornatus'' (Peters, 1854) |
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==Species list== |
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*''[[Meizodon coronatus]]'' {{small|([[Hermann Schlegel|Schlegel]], 1837)}} - western crowned snake |
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*''[[Meizodon krameri]]'' {{small|[[Beat Schätti|Schätti]], 1985}} - Tana Delta smooth snake |
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*''[[Meizodon plumbiceps]]'' {{small|([[Oskar Boettger|Boettger]], 1893)}} - black-headed smooth snake |
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*''[[Meizodon regularis]]'' {{small|[[Johann Gustav Fischer|Fischer]], 1856}} - eastern crowned smooth snake |
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*''[[Meizodon semiornatus]]'' {{small|([[Wilhelm Peters|W. Peters]], 1854)}} - semiornate smooth snake, semiornate snake |
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''[[Nota bene]]'': A [[Binomial nomenclature|binomial authority]] in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Meizodon''. |
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==Etymology== |
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The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]], ''krameri'', is in honor of Swiss [[Herpetology|herpetologist]] [[Eugen Kramer]] (1921-2004).<ref>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}}. (''Meizodon krameri'', p. 146).</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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==Further reading== |
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*[[:fr:William Roy Branch|Branch, Bill]] (2004). ''Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa''. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. {{ISBN|0-88359-042-5}}. (Genus ''Meizodon'', p. 93). |
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*[[Johann Gustav Fischer|Fischer JG]] (1856). "''Neue Schlangen des Hamburgischen Naturhistorischen Museums'' ". ''Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften'' '''3''' (4): 79-116. (''Meizodon'', new genus, p. 112). (in German). |
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==External links== |
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[[Category:Snake genera]] |
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[[Category:Taxa named by Johann Gustav Fischer]] |
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Latest revision as of 16:13, 9 June 2023
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Colubrinae |
| Genus: | Meizodon Fischer, 1856[1] |
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Five recognized species, see article. | |
Meizodon is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The genus Meizodon contains five species, all of which are poorly known and are endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa.[2]
Species list[edit]
- Meizodon coronatus (Schlegel, 1837) - western crowned snake
- Meizodon krameri Schätti, 1985 - Tana Delta smooth snake
- Meizodon plumbiceps (Boettger, 1893) - black-headed smooth snake
- Meizodon regularis Fischer, 1856 - eastern crowned smooth snake
- Meizodon semiornatus (W. Peters, 1854) - semiornate smooth snake, semiornate snake
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Meizodon.
Etymology[edit]
The specific name, krameri, is in honor of Swiss herpetologist Eugen Kramer (1921-2004).[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Meizodon ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Serpentes/colubroidea/colubridae/colubrinae.
- ^ "Meizodon ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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. (Meizodon krameri, p. 146).
Further reading[edit]
- Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Genus Meizodon, p. 93).
- Fischer JG (1856). "Neue Schlangen des Hamburgischen Naturhistorischen Museums ". Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften 3 (4): 79-116. (Meizodon, new genus, p. 112). (in German).