Ridgehead snake
| Ridgehead snake | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Manolepis Cope, 1885 |
| Species: | M. putnami
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| Binomial name | |
| Manolepis putnami (Jan, 1863)
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The ridgehead snake (Manolepis putnami) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to southeastern Mexico.
Etymology
The specific name, putnami, is in honor of American anthropologist Frederic Ward Putnam.[3]
Taxonomy
M. putnami is the type species of the monotypic genus Manolepis.[2]
Geographic range
M. putnami is found in the Mexican states of Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Nayarit, and Oaxaca.[2]
Habitat
The natural habitat of M. putnami is forest.[1]
References
- ^ a b Ponce-Campos P, García Aguayo A (2007). "Manolepis putnami ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63843A12721371. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63843A12721371.en. Downloaded on 08 October 2018.
- ^ a b c Species Manolepis putnami at 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. (Monolepis putnami, p. 213).
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