Polemon leopoldi
| Polemon leopoldi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Atractaspididae |
| Genus: | Polemon |
| Species: | P. leopoldi |
| Binomial name | |
| Polemon leopoldi (de Witte, 1941) | |
| Synonyms | |
Polemon leopoldi is a species of venomous rear-fanged snake in the family Atractaspididae.[2] It is endemic to Africa.[1]
Etymology
The specific name or epithet, leopoldi, is in honor of Leopold III, King of the Belgians.[3]
Geographic range
References
- 1 2 3 "Polemon christyi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ "Polemon". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 5 September 2007.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Polemon leopoldi, p. 155).
Further reading
- de Witte GF. 1941. Batraciens et Reptiles. Exploration du Parc National Albert. Mission G.F. de Witte (1933-1935). Fascicule 33. Brussels. 261 pp., 54 figures, 2 color plates, 74 plates, 1 map. (Melanocalamus leopoldi, new species, p. 216). (in French).
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