Andreas's racer
Andreas's racer | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Hierophis |
Species: | H. andreanus |
Binomial name | |
Hierophis andreanus (F. Werner, 1917) | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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Andreas's racer (Hierophis andreanus) is a species of snakes in the family Colubridae.
Etymology
The specific name, andreanus, is in honor of "Herr Prof. Andreas " (= Professor Andreas) who collected natural history specimens in Persia (now Iran) in 1905.[3]
Geographic range
It is found in Iran.
References
- ↑ "Coluber andreanus ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ↑ "Hierophis andreanus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ 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 andreanus, p. 9).
External links
- Species Hierophis andreanus at The Reptile Database
Further reading
- Werner F (1917). "Reptilien aus Persien (Provinz Fars) ". Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 67: 191-220. (Zamenis andreana, new species, pp. 207–208). (in German).
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