Calamodontophis ronaldoi

Calamodontophis ronaldoi
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Dipsadidae
Genus:	Calamodontophis
Species:	C. ronaldoi
Binomial name
*Calamodontophis ronaldoi* Franco, de Carvalho Cintra & de Lema, 2006

Calamodontophis ronaldoi is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Brazil.

Etymology

The specific name, ronaldoi, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Ronaldo Fernandes (born 1966).^[1]

References

↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Calamodontophis ronaldoi, p. 225).

External links

Moura-Leite JC, Bérnils RS, Morato SAA (2000). Calamodontophis ronaldoi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 17 February 2011.

Further reading

Franco FL, de Carvalho Cintra LA, de Lema T (2006). "A new species of Calamodontophis Amaral, 1963 (Serpentes, Colubridae, Xenodontinae) from Southern Brazil". South American Journal of Herpetology 1 (3): 218-226. (Calamodontophis ronaldoi, new species).

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