Polemon fulvicollis
Polemon fulvicollis, or the African snake-eater, is a species of mildly venomous rear-fanged snake in the family Atractaspididae.[2] It is endemic to Africa.[3]
Polemon fulvicollis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Atractaspididae |
Genus: | Polemon |
Species: | P. fulvicollis |
Binomial name | |
Polemon fulvicollis (Mocquard, 1887) | |
Synonyms | |
Geographic range
It is found in Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon and Uganda.[4]
Subspecies
Four subspecies are recognized including the nominate race.
References
- The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- "Polemon". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 5 September 2007.
- Polemon at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 May 2009.
- The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- Mocquard, F. 1887. Sur les Ophidiens rapportés du Congo par la Mission de Brazza. Bulletin de la Société philomatique de Paris (7)11:62-92. (Microsoma fulvicollis, p. 65.)
- de Witte, G.F. & R.F. Laurent. 1943. Contribution à la systématique des Boiginae du Congo Belge (Rept.). Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 37:157-189.
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