Pseudoxenodon
Pseudoxenodon is a genus of snakes of the subfamily Pseudoxenodontinae.[1]
| Pseudoxenodon | |
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| Pseudoxenodon macrops | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudoxenodontinae |
| Genus: | Pseudoxenodon Boulenger, 1890 |
Species
The following six species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Pseudoxenodon bambusicola T. Vogt, 1922 – bamboo snake
- Pseudoxenodon baramensis (M.A. Smith, 1921) – Baramen bamboo snake
- Pseudoxenodon inornatus (F. Boie, 1827) – dull bamboo snake
- Pseudoxenodon karlschmidti Pope, 1928 – Chinese bamboo snake
- Pseudoxenodon macrops (Blyth, 1855) – large-eyed bamboo snake, big-eyed bamboo snake
- Pseudoxenodon stejnegeri Barbour, 1908 – Stejneger's bamboo snake
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pseudoxenodon.
Etymology
The specific names, karlschmidti and stejnegeri, are in honor of American herpetologists Karl Patterson Schmidt and Leonhard Stejneger, respectively.[2]
References
- Genus Pseudoxenodon at The Reptile Database.
- 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. (Pseudoxenodon karlschmidtii, p. 138; Pseudoxenodon stejnegeri, pp. 252-253).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1890). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (Pseudoxenodon, new genus, p. 340).
- Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Genus Pseudoxenodon, p. 270).
- Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Genus Pseudoxenodon, p. 311).
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