Meizodon regularis

Meizodon regularis, the eastern crowned smooth snake, is a species of snakes in the subfamily Colubrinae. It is found in Africa.

Meizodon regularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Meizodon
Species:
M. regularis
Binomial name
Meizodon regularis
Synonyms
  • Coronella (Mizodon [sic]) regularis Fischer, 1883: 15
  • Coronella coronata Schmidt, 1923: 87 (fide Schätti, 1985)
  • Coronella elegans Jan, G.A. 1863[2]
  • Meizodon regularis Broadley, 1998
  • Meizodon regularis Chirio & Ineich, 2006

References
  1. Fischer JG, 1856. Neue Schlangen des Hamburgischen Naturhistorischen Museums. Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften, 3 (4), pages 79-116 (description p. 112). (in German).
  2. Jan, G.A. (1863): Enumerazione sistematica degli Ofidi appartenti al gruppo Coronellidae. Arch. Zool. Anat. Fiss., 2(2), pages 213-330
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.