Spatula-toothed snake
| Spatula-toothed snake | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Iguanognathus Boulenger, 1898 |
| Species: | I. werneri |
| Binomial name | |
| Iguanognathus werneri Boulenger, 1898 | |
The spatula-toothed snake (Iguanognathus werneri ) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Indonesia.
Etymology
The specific name, werneri, is in honor of Austrian herpetologist Franz Werner.[1]
Taxonomy
The species I. werneri is monotypic within the genus Iguanognathus.[2]
Geographic range
I. werneri is known only from the holotype, which was collected in Sumatra, Indonesia.[3]
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. (Iguanognathus werneri, p. 282).
- ↑ "Iguanognathus ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
- ↑ World Conservation Monitoring Centre. (1996). Iguanognathus werneri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1898). "Description of a new Genus of Aglyphous Colubrine Snakes from Sumatra". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Seventh Series 2: 73-74. (Iguanognathus, new genus, p. 73; Iguanognathus werneri, new species, p. 74).
- Jackson K, Underwood G, Arnold EN, Savitzky AH (1999). "Hinged Teeth in the Enigmatic Colubrid, Iguanognathus werneri ". Copeia 1999 (3): 814-817.
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