Etheridgeum
Etheridgeum is a genus of snake in the family Colubridae. The genus is monotypic, containing the sole species Etheridgeum pulchrum,[2] which is commonly known as the Sumatra Etheridge snake.
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Etheridgeum Wallach, 1988 |
Species: | E. pulchrum |
Binomial name | |
Etheridgeum pulchrum (F. Werner, 1924) | |
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Etymology
The generic name, Etheridgeum, is in honor of American herpetologist Richard Emmett Etheridge (born 1929).[3] The specific name, pulchrum, is Latin for "beautiful".
References
- Vogel G (2011). "Etheridgeum pulchrum ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- Etheridgeum pulchrum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 December 2016.
- 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. (Etheridgeum, p. 86).
Further reading
- Wallach V (1988). "Status and redescription of the genus Padangia Werner, with comparative visceral data on Collorhabdium Smedley and other genera (Serpentes: Colubridae)". Amphibia-Reptilia 9 (1): 61–76. (Etheridgeum pulchrum, replacement name).
- Werner F (1924). "Neue oder wenig bekannte Schlangen aus dem Naturhistorischen Staatsmuseum in Wien ". Sitzungberichte der Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien 133: 29–56. (Padangia, new genus, p. 54; P. pulchra, new species, pp. 54–55, Figure 8). (in German).
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