Polemon bocourti

Polemon bocourti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Atractaspididae
Genus: Polemon
Species: P. bocourti
Binomial name
Polemon bocourti
Mocquard, 1897

Polemon bocourti, or Bocourt's snake-eater, is a species of venomous rear-fanged snake in the Atractaspididae family.[1] It is endemic to Africa.[2]

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Etymology

The specific name, bocourti, is in honor of French herpetologist Marie Firmin Bocourt.[3]

Geographic range

It is found in Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and Rio Muni.[4]

Description

Polemon bocourti is similar to Polemon barthii, but is distinguished from it by having two postoculars, and by having a lower number of ventrals, only 199-202.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Polemon". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=700188. Retrieved 5 September 2007. 
  2. ^ Polemon at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 May 2009.
  3. ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  4. ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  5. ^ Mocquard, F. 1897. Note préliminaire sur une collection de Reptiles recuellie par M[onsieur]. Haug à Lambaréné. Bull. Mus. Paris 1897:54-55. http://biostor.org/references/51899