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The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]], ''snelli'', is in honor of Charles Snell who donated the [[holotype]] to the [[Western Australian Museum]].<ref>Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN |
The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]], ''snelli'', is in honor of Charles Snell who donated the [[holotype]] to the [[Western Australian Museum]].<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}}. (''Vermicella snelli'', p. 248).</ref> |
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==References== |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Elapidae |
| Subfamily: | Hydrophiinae |
| Genus: | Vermicella Gray in Günther, 1858 |
Vermicella is a genus of venomous snakes of the family Elapidae.
Species
Six species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Vermicella annulata (Gray, 1841)
- Vermicella calonotus (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
- Vermicella intermedia Keogh & S.A. Smith, 1996
- Vermicella multifasciata (Longman, 1915)
- Vermicella snelli Storr, 1968
- Vermicella vermiformis Keogh & S.A. Smith, 1996
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Vermicella.
Etymology
The specific name, snelli, is in honor of Charles Snell who donated the holotype to the Western Australian Museum.[2]
References
- ^ Genus Vermicella at The Reptile Database
- ^ 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. (Vermicella snelli, p. 248).
Further reading
- Gray JE (1858). In: Günther A (1858). Catalogue of the Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xvi + 281 pp. (Vermicella, new genus, p. 236).
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