Chilorhinophis gerardi

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Chilorhinophis gerardi
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Lamprophiidae
Genus: Chilorhinophis
Species:
C. gerardi
Binomial name
Chilorhinophis gerardi
(Boulenger, 1913)
Synonyms[1]
  • Apostolepis gerardi
    Boulenger, 1913
  • Parkerophis gerardi
    — Barbour & Amaral, 1927
  • Chilorhinophis gerardi
    — de Witte & Laurent, 1947

Chilorhinophis gerardi, commonly known as Gerard's black and yellow burrowing snake or Gerard's two-headed snake, is a species of venomous snake in the family Atractaspididae.[2] The species is endemic to Africa.

Etymology[]

The specific name, gerardi, is in honor of Belgian physician and naturalist Pol Gérard (1886-1961) who collected the type specimen.[3]

Geographic range[]

C. gerardi is found in southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly known as Zaire), Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.[1]

Subspecies[]

Two subspecies of C. gerardi are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[4]

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Chilorhinophis.

References[]

  1. ^ a b Chilorhinophis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 May 2009.
  2. ^ "Chilorhinophis ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 5 September 2007.
  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. (Chilorhinophis gerardi, p. 99).
  4. ^ "Chilorhinophis gerardi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading[]

  • Barbour T, Amaral A (1927). "Studies on African Ophidia". Bull. Antivenin Inst. America 1 (1): 25–27.
  • Boulenger GA (1913). "Description de deux reptiles nouveaux provenant du Katanga ". Revue Zoologique Africaine 3: 103–105. (Apostolepis gerardi, new species, pp. 103–104, Figure). (in French).
  • Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. ISBN 0-88359-042-5. (Chilorhinophis gerardi, p. 67 + Plate 24).
  • Loveridge A (1951). "On Reptiles and Amphibians from Tanganyika Territory Collected by C. J. P. Ionides". Bull. Mus. Comp. Zoöl., Harvard 106 (4): 175–204. (Chilorhinophis gerardi tanganyikae, new subspecies, pp. 195–196).


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