Emmochliophis
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| Genus: | Emmochliophis Fritts & H.M. Smith, 1969
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Emmochliophis is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Ecuador.
Species
The genus Emmochliophis contains two species which are considered valid.[1]
- Emmochliophis fugleri Fritts & H.M. Smith, 1969
- Emmochliophis miops (Boulenger, 1898)
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Emmochliophis.
Etymology
The specific name, fugleri, is in honor of American biologist Charles M. Fugler (1929–1999).[2]
References
- ^ Genus Emmochliophis at The Reptile Database
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Emmochliophis fugleri, p. 95).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1898). "An Account of the Reptiles and Batrachians collected by Mr. W. F. H. Rosenberg in Western Ecuador". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1898: 107-126 + Plates X-XVIII. (Synophis miops, new species, p. 115 + Plate XII, figure 1).
- Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Genus Emmochliophis, p. 98).
- Fritts TH, Smith HM (1969). "A New Genus and Species of Snake from Western Ecuador". Transactions of the Kansas Acadademy of Science 72 (1): 60–66. (Emmocliophis, new genus; E. fugleri, new species).
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