Tomodon
Tomodon is a genus of colubrid snakes, which are endemic to South America.[1] The genus contains three species. The dinosaur genus Diplotomodon was originally known as Tomodon.[2]
| Tomodon | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
| Genus: | Tomodon A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1853 |
Species
The following species are recognized as being valid.[3]
- Tomodon dorsatus A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
- Tomodon ocellatus A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
- Tomodon orestes Harvey & Muñoz, 2004
Cited references
- Genus Tomodon at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- Leidy, J., 1865, Memoir on the extinct reptiles of the Cretaceous formations of the United States. Smithsonian Contribution to Knowledge. 14: 1-135
- "Tomodon". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 13 August 2007.
Further reading
- Dumeril AMC, Bibron G (1853). "Prodrome de la classification des reptiles ophidiens ". Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences de l'Institut de France 23: 399-536 + 2 plates. (Tomodon, new genus, p. 495). (in French).
- Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Tomodon, pp. 72, 76, 112, 144 + photographs on p. 158.)
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