Chilorhinophis butleri

Chilorhinophis butleri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Atractaspididae
Genus: Chilorhinophis
Species: C. butleri
Binomial name
Chilorhinophis butleri
F. Werner, 1907

Chilorhinophis butleri, or Butler's two-headed snake, is a species of venomous snake in the Atractaspididae family.[1] It is endemic to Africa and is found in Sudan.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, butleri, is in honor of English zoologist Arthur Lennox Butler (1873-1939),[3] who was the son of Edward Arthur Butler.

References

  1. "Chilorhinophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 5 September 2007.
  2. Chilorhinophis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 May 2009.
  3. 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. (Chilorhinophis butleri, p. 44).

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