Phrynonax
| Phrynonax | |
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| Phrynonax poecilonotus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Colubrinae |
| Genus: | Phrynonax Cope, 1862 |
| Synonyms | |
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Ahaetulla, Chironius, Herpetodryas, Natrix, Pseustes, Spilotes, Synchalinus, Tropidodipsas | |
Phrynonax is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to the New World
Geographic range[]
Species in the genus Phrynonax are found in South America, Central America, and Mexico.[1]
Species[]
Three species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Phrynonax poecilonotus (Günther, 1858)
- (W. Peters, 1867)
- Barbour & Amaral, 1924
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Phrynonax.
Etymology[]
The specific name, shropshirei, is in honor of , "Chief Sanitary Inspector, U.S. Army, Canal Zone", who collected the paratype.[2][3]
References[]
- ^ a b Genus Phrynonax at The Reptile Database.
- ^ Barbour T, Amaral A (1924). "Notes on some Central American snakes". Occ. Pap. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 5: 129-132. (Phrynonax shropshirei, new species, p. 131).
- ^ 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. (Pseustes shropshirei, p. 243).
Further reading[]
- Cope ED (1862). "Catalogues of the REPTILES obtained during the Exploration of the Parana, Paraquay, Vermejo and Uruguay [sic] Rivers, by Capt. Thos. J. Page, U. S. N.; and of those procured by Lieut. N. Michler, U. S. Top. Eng., Commander of the Expedition conducting the Survey of the Atrato River ". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 14: 346-359 + errata and addenda on p. 594. (Phrynonax, new genus, p. 348).
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