Alluaudina
| Alluaudina | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Lamprophiidae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudoxyrhophiinae |
| Genus: | Alluaudina Mocquard, 1894 |
| Species | |
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2 recognized species, see article. | |
Alluaudina is a genus of harmless lamprophiid snakes endemic to the island of Madagascar.[1]
Species
Two species are currently recognized.[1]
Etymology
The generic name, Alluaudina, is in honor of French entomologist Charles Alluaud, who was one of the two collectors of the type specimen of A. bellyi. The specific name, bellyi, is in honor of a certain Mr. Belly who was the other collector of the same type specimen. The specific name, mocquardi, is in honor of French herpetologist François Mocquard, the author of this genus.[2]
References
- 1 2 Alluaudina at the Reptarium.cz 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. (Alluaudina, p. 6; A. bellyi, p. 22; A. mocquardi, p. 181).
Further reading
- Angel F. 1939. "Reptiles et Batrachiens de Madagascar et de la Réunion. Description d`un serpent nouveau du genere Alluaudina". Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle de Paris, Series 2, 11: 536-538.
- Boulenger GA. 1896. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III. Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ), Amblycephalidæ, and Viperidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I- XXV. (Genus Alluaudina, pp. 26, 38; A. bellyi, p. 38).
- Mocquard F. 1894. "Reptiles nouveaux ou insuffisamment connus de Madagascar ". Compte Rendu Sommaire des Séances de la Société Philomatique de Paris 17: 1-8. ("Alluadina, n. g.", p. 7; "Alluadina bellyi, n. sp.", pp. 7–8).
External links
- Genus Alluaudina at The Reptile Database
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