Fiji snake
Fiji Snake | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Elapidae |
Genus: | Ogmodon W. Peters, 1864 |
Species: | O. vitianus
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Binomial name | |
Ogmodon vitianus W. Peters, 1864
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The Fiji Snake (Ogmodon vitianus), also known as the Bolo Snake, is a species of snake in the family Elapidae. It is monotypic within the genus Ogmodon. It is endemic to Fiji, found only on the island of Viti Levu, and is strongly subterranean.[2]
Sources[]
- Australasian Reptile & Amphibian Specialist Group 1996. Ogmodon vitianus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
- Fijian Burrowing Snake (bolo), Ogmodon vitianus. [1]
- "Fiji tropical dry forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
References[]
- ^ Allison, A.; Hamilton, A. & Tallowin, O. (2013). "Ogmodon vitianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T15185A569642. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T15185A569642.en.
- ^ Watling, Dick; Addison Wynn; George R. Zug (2010). "Rediscovery of the Taveuni blind snake". Fauna & Flora International, Oryx. 44 (2): 165–170. doi:10.1017/S0030605310000219.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List endangered species
- Elapidae
- Reptiles of Fiji
- Reptiles described in 1864
- Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters
- Elapidae stubs