Schouteden's sun snake

Schouteden's sun snake (Helophis schoutedeni) is a species of snake in the subfamily Natricinae of the family Colubridae. The species, which is monotypic in the genus Helophis, is endemic to Central Africa.

Schouteden's sun snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Natricinae
Genus: Helophis
de Witte & Laurent, 1942
Species:
H. schoutedeni
Binomial name
Helophis schoutedeni
(de Witte, 1942)
Synonyms[2]
  • Pelophis schoutedeni
    de Witte, 1942
  • Helophis schoutedeni
    — de Witte & Laurent, 1942

Etymology

The specific name, schoutedeni, is in honor of Belgian zoologist Henri Schouteden.[3]

Geographic range

H. schoutedeni is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Republic of the Congo.[2]

Description

The holotype of H. schoutedeni has a total length of 540 mm (21 in), which includes a tail 81 mm (3.2 in) long.[4]

References
  1. Kusamba, C. (2021). "Helophis schoutedeni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T124311338A124311347. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Species Helophis schoutedeni at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 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. (Helophis schoutedeni, p. 237).
  4. de Witte (1922).

Further reading
  • de Witte G-F (1922). "Description d'un ophidien nouveau récolté au Congo par le Dr Schouteden ". Revue zoologique africaine 10: 318–319. (Pelophis, new genus, p. 318; Pelophis schoutedeni, new species, pp. 318–319). (in French).
  • de Witte G-F, Laurent RF (1942). "Contribution à la faune herpétologique du Congo belge ". Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines 36 (2): 101–115. (Helophis, new genus; Helophis schoutedeni, new combination). (in French).
  • Nagy, Zoltán T.; Gvoždík, Václav; Meirte, Danny; Collet, Marcel; Pauwels, Olivier S.G. (2014). "New data on the morphology and distribution of the enigmatic Schouteden's sun snake, Helophis schoutedeni (de Witte, 1922) from the Congo Basin". Zootaxa 3755 (1): 96–100.



This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.