Boiga bourreti

Boiga bourreti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Colubridae
Genus:Boiga
Species: B. bourreti
Binomial name
Boiga bourreti
Tillack, Ziegler & Le Khac Quyet, 2004

Boiga bourreti is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia.

Etymology

The specific name, bourreti, is in honor of French herpetologist René Léon Bourret.[2]

Geographic range

B. bourreti is found in Vietnam.

References

  1. Thy N, Nguyen TQ, Ananjeva NB, Orlov NL, Golynsky E, Bain R (2012). "Boiga bourreti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  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. (Boiga bourreti, p. 35).

Further reading

  • Tillack F, Ziegler T, Le Khac Quyet (2004). "Eine neue Art der Gattung Boiga Fitzinger, 1826 (Serpentes: Colubridae: Colubrinae)". Sauria 26 (4): 3-13. (Boiga bourreti, new species,). (in German).
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