Calamodontophis ronaldoi

Calamodontophis ronaldoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Colubridae
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

  1. ↑ 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).
  • Moura-Leite, J.C.; Bérnils, R.S. & Morato, S.A.A. (2000). "Calamodontophis ronaldoi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2000: e.T39906A10281844. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T39906A10281844.en. Retrieved 20 December 2017.

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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