Crotaphopeltis degeni

Crotaphopeltis degeni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Colubridae
Genus:Crotaphopeltis
Species: C. degeni
Binomial name
Crotaphopeltis degeni
(Boulenger, 1906)
Synonyms[1]
  • Leptodira degeni
    Boulenger, 1906
  • Crotaphopeltis degeni
    — Barbour & Amaral, 1927

Crotaphopeltis degeni is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, degeni, is in honor of Swiss-born Edward J. E. Degen (1852–1922), who collected natural history specimens in Africa, and later worked as a taxidermist at the British Museum (Natural History).[2]

Geographic range

C. degeni is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Species Crotaphopeltis degeni 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. (Crotaphopeltis degeni, p. 67).

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1906). "Additions to the Herpetology of British East Africa". Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1906 (2): 570-573. (Leptodira degeni, new species, p. 572, figures 97 a-c).
  • Rasmussen JB (1997). "On two little known African water snakes (Crotaphopeltis degeni and C. barotseensis)". Amphibia-Reptilia 18 (2): 191-206.


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