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
- ↑ "Chilorhinophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 5 September 2007.
- ↑ Chilorhinophis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 May 2009.
- ↑ 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).
Further reading
- Werner F. 1907. "Ergebnisse der mit Subvention aus der Erbschaft Treitl unternommenen zoologischen Forschungreise Dr. Franz Werner's in den ägyptischen Sudan und nach Nord-Uganda. XII. Die Reptilien und Amphibien ". Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften [Vienna] 116: 1823-1926 + Plates I-IV. (Chilorhinophis butleri, new species, p. 1881 + Plate III, figures 8a-8d). (in German).