Boiga beddomei
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| Boiga beddomei | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Boiga |
| Species: | B. beddomei |
| Binomial name | |
| Boiga beddomei (Wall, 1909) | |
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| Synonyms | |
Boiga beddomei, commonly known as Beddome's cat snake, is a species of rear-fanged colubrid snake endemic to India and Sri Lanka.
Geographic range
In India, B. beddomei is found in the Western Ghats in Maharashtra state (Bhimashankar, Mulshi, Koyna ?, Vasota ?). It is also found in Sri Lanka.[1]
Etymology
It was named after Richard Henry Beddome (1830–1911), British army officer and botanist.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins; Michael Grayson. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore:Johns Hopkins University Press. iii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Boiga beddomei, p. 21).
Further reading
- Whitaker, Romulus, and Ashok Captain. 2008. Snakes of India, The Field Guide. Chennai, India: Draco Books. 500 pp. ISBN 81-901873-0-9.
- Wall, Frank. 1909. "Remarks on some forms of Dipsadomorphus". Rec. Ind. Mus. 3: 151-155. (Dipsadomorphus beddomei, p. 152).
- Wall, Frank. 1921. Ophidia Taprobanica or the Snakes of Ceylon. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Colombo Museum. (H.R. Cottle, government printer). xxii + 581 pp. (Dipsadomorphus beddomei, p. 282).
External links
- Boiga beddomei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Boiga_beddomei.jpg
- http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Boiga_beddomei2.jpg
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