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*''[[Dromicodryas bernieri]]'' {{small|([[André Marie Constant Duméril|A.M.C. Duméril]], [[Gabriel Bibron|Bibron]] & [[Auguste Duméril|A.H.A. Duméril]], 1854)}} – Bernier's striped snake |
*''[[Dromicodryas bernieri]]'' {{small|([[André Marie Constant Duméril|A.M.C. Duméril]], [[Gabriel Bibron|Bibron]] & [[Auguste Duméril|A.H.A. Duméril]], 1854)}} – Bernier's striped snake |
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*''[[Dromicodryas quadrilineatus]]'' {{small|(A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)}} – four-striped snake |
*''[[Dromicodryas quadrilineatus]]'' {{small|(A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)}} – four-striped snake |
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==Etymology== |
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The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]], ''bernieri'', is in honor of French naval surgeon [[Alphonse Charles Joseph Bernier]] (1802–1858), who collected natural history specimens in Madagascar.<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}}. (''Dromicodryas bernieri'', p. 24).</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
Revision as of 10:10, 6 October 2017
Dromicodryas | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Pseudoxyrhophiidae |
Subfamily: | Pseudoxyrhophiinae |
Genus: | Dromicodryas Boulenger, 1893 |
Species | |
Two recognized species, see article. |
Dromicodryas is a genus of lamprophiid snakes found only on the island of Madagascar. They are harmless to humans.
Species
Two species are currently recognized.[1]
- Dromicodryas bernieri (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – Bernier's striped snake
- Dromicodryas quadrilineatus (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – four-striped snake
Etymology
The specific name, bernieri, is in honor of French naval surgeon Alphonse Charles Joseph Bernier (1802–1858), who collected natural history specimens in Madagascar.[2]
References
- ^ Dromicodryas at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 February 2014.
- ^ 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. (Dromicodryas bernieri, p. 24).
Further reading
- Boulenger G (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Genus Dromicodryas, p. 189; species D. bernieri pp. 189-190; species D. quadrilineatus, pp. 190-191).
External links
- Genus Dromicodryas at The Reptile Database