Short racer

Short racer
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Platyceps
Species: P. brevis
Binomial name
Platyceps brevis
(Boulenger, 1895)
Synonyms[1]
  • Zamenis brevis
    Boulenger, 1895
  • Coluber brevis
    — Parker, 1932
  • Haemorrhois brevis
    — Welch, 1982
  • Eremiophis brevis
    — Welch, 1983
  • Platyceps brevis
    — Schätti & Utiger, 2001

The short racer (Platyceps brevis), is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to northeastern Africa.

Geographic range

P. brevis is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania.[1]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[1]

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Platyceps.

Etymology

The subspecific name, smithi, is in honor of American physician Arthur Donaldson Smith.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Species Platyceps brevis at The Reptile Database .
  2. ↑ 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. (Coluber smithi, p. 247).

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